Naessens Joins Ag Lobbying Firm

July 11, 2022 Michael Torrey Associates (MTA) welcomes Katie Naessens to the policy team. The Washington, D.C.-based firm offers effective government relations, strategic communications and issue advocacy as well as full-service association management to a growing number of clients in the food, agriculture, and forestry sector. Katie serves as Vice President for Michael Torrey Associates, […]

This Week in Agribusiness, June 18, 2022

Farm Progress Daily Cassandra Kuball joined This Week in Agribusiness (June 18, 2022) to share insights from the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that was recently signed by President Biden. READ: This Week in Agribusiness, June 18, 2022

The Intersection of Agriculture Trade and Climate Policy

Cassandra Kuball, co-chair of the Women in International Trade (WIIT) Agriculture sector, hosted a panel on the intersection of agriculture trade and climate policy. The panel explored how the food and agriculture industry is taking on the challenges facing the industry with climate with insights into the most recent UN Food Systems Summit. Panelists included: […]

Meet the Farm Hand: James Glueck, Michael Torrey Associates

Agri-Pulse James Glueck sits down with Agri-Pulse for a Meet the Farm Hand interview where he discusses his time working at USDA under the Bush Administration, shares stories of his time working as Republican staff director for the Senate Ag Committee, and reflects on the lessons he learned working on GMO labeling legislation.

Trade dispute: U.S., Canada at Odds Over Dairy Tariffs

The Country Today Torrey Advisory Group team member, Cassandra Kuball, spoke with The Country Today, regarding the on-going trade dispute on dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) between the the United States and Canada. In late May 2022, the United States took Canada to court for its handling of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, which marks […]

Ag Trade: Outlook on Global Markets and Negotiations

Cassandra Kuball joined other trade experts and agricultural economists in a Farm Foundation Forum on the implications of global market conditions for commodities, equipment and other agricultural goods and services. Panelists included: Cassandra Kuball, Vice President, Michael Torrey Associates Kanlaya Barr – Senior Economist, John Deere Gregg Doud – Immediate Past Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office […]

USDA, USTR Name New Agricultural Trade Advisors

USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service On January 14, 2021, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced the appointment of 67 members to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees, including Torrey Advisory Group team member, Cassandra Kuball, on behalf of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative. The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee is comprised […]