With trade wars raging and massive subsidies flowing primarily to the largest corporate farms, American agriculture stands at a crossroads. Thankfully, there is a better alternative to the broken status quo, but it requires President Trump to rethink his approach.

Shortly after taking office, Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a promising trade pact with Pacific Rim nations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would have made meaningful progress in opening notoriously-closed Asian agriculture markets for American farmers and ranchers.