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Two hundred fifty years ago, we launched a revolution to ensure that decisions about our future weren\u2019t made a kingdom away.\u00a0\u00a0As we celebrate that milestone, it\u2019s worth asking: What does independence look like now?<\/p>

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One aspect of American independence is a reliance on our ability to provide food and fiber for ourselves.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s been made possible by American farmers and ranchers.\u00a0\u00a0America\u2019s early agrarian spirit gave our country a foundational belief in self-sufficiency, hard work, and freedom from foreign control.<\/p>\n

But today, in\u00a0a world of fragile supply chains and foreign government\u2013backed industries, this founding ethos is under growing strain.\u00a0\u00a0Surging input costs are hurting family farmers across the board.\u00a0\u00a0Record numbers of family-owned farms are\u00a0shuttering their operations, and future outlooks are just as harrowing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, foreign governments are playing\u00a0a different game.\u00a0\u00a0Brazil and India are pumping billions in annual government subsidies into their sugar industries, dumping artificially cheap sugar onto world markets, lowering the global price of sugar below the cost of production, and eventually undercutting American growers who compete without that backstop.<\/p>\n

At home, outdated trade policies are making the problem worse.\u00a0\u00a0Current tariff structures are no longer aligned with market realities, allowing excessive volumes of subsidized foreign sugar to enter the United States.\u00a0\u00a0Last year alone, roughly 1.5 billion pounds of excess imports entered the market, undermining American producers and costing them billions in lost income.\u00a0\u00a0Overall, American sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers have lost an estimated $3 billion in potential income over the past two years due to these conditions.<\/p>\n

American farmers finally have a lifeline in President Donald J. Trump, who is delivering on his pledge to\u00a0put American workers and American farmers first.\u00a0\u00a0He understands how unfair trade practices put our farmers and industry at a clear disadvantage.\u00a0\u00a0His administration has deployed a successful America-first trade strategy spearheaded by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.\u00a0\u00a0Ambassador Greer has skillfully executed the president\u2019s trade agenda and acted on the fervent need to\u00a0protect our national security and farm economy\u00a0through executive actions and tariffs aimed at combating special and differential treatment for global competitors.<\/p>\n

President Trump and USDA secretary Brooke Rollins have also answered the call to put American farmers first by issuing the much-needed Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program.\u00a0\u00a0Announced in December 2025, the FBA included assistance to help sugarbeet and sugarcane growers manage market disruptions and increased production costs they endured in 2025.\u00a0\u00a0Although necessary, government assistance is never meant to make a farmer whole after suffering losses.<\/p>

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Assistance packages only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.\u00a0\u00a0Congress needs to take bold action to protect American food security and eradicate the threat.\u00a0\u00a0That includes creating a permanent solution for the outdated and ineffective over-quota sugar tariffs to respond to unfair predatory trade practices.\u00a0\u00a0Until Congress acts, the administration should take immediate action to prevent over-quota sugar imports from flooding the U.S. market and putting American farms and food production facilities out of business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can restore our agricultural sovereignty through fair trade policies that strengthen our farm economy and our national food security, and ensure the survival of family farmers\u2019 livelihoods and legacies.<\/p>\n

An investment in American farmers and American production is an investment in our rural economies and national security.\u00a0\u00a0Although President Trump and Secretary Rollins have already laid the groundwork to bolster our national farm economy and support growers nationwide, farmers are still facing significant challenges now and down the road if our trade policies do not keep pace with the current market environment.<\/p>\n

American family farming is a way of life, a set of values, and a piece of the national identity that cannot be rebuilt once it\u2019s gone.\u00a0\u00a0The federal government needs to level the playing field to keep these traditions alive for another 250 years.<\/p>\n

Christian Josi is founder and managing director of C. Josi & Company, a global communications resource firm.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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