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An Illinois Soybean director says FTAs a plus

An East-Central Illinois soybean grower who farms along the Indiana state line says the passage of the Korea, Panama and Colombia FTAs by Congress Wednesday night is a case of better late than never.

Mike Marron farms in Fithian, in Vermillion County, and is District 7 director of the Illinois Soybean Association.

He says the proximity with Panama and Colombia is a huge plus moving forward with the FTAs.

“We’ve had close ties with those nations, they’re in our hemisphere. They are within close proximity to us so we definitely have an advantage over competitors like the EU as far as transportation costs go. So, we can be very competitive in those nations,” says Marron.

Marron tells Brownfield that all that was needed were the trade agreements.

AUDIO: Mike Marron (7:00 mp3)

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