DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
Iowa farmers who traveled to El Salvador said a free-trade agreement will flood Central America with cheap products and harm the region's already suffering farmers.
George Naylor, a farmer from Churdan, and Barbara and Jim Kalbach, who farm near Dexter, were part of a group of seven U.S. farmers who visited El Salvador in December.
Naylor, who is president of the National Family Farm Coalition, said he returned from Central America determined to lobby Congress to defeat passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement when it is debated next year.
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