Tim Burrack
Leadership Emeritus · GFN Leadership Emeritus
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About
Tim grows corn, seed corn, soybeans and produces pork. Has been very involved with Mississippi River lock improvements and has traveled to Brazil to research their river, rail and road infrastructure changes.
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Articles by Tim Burrack (96)
February 5, 2026
So God Made a Farmer………..
“So God made a farmer.” Those famous five words started out as a refrain in a speech by Paul Harvey. Later, he adapted them to a newspaper column . Fi…
Read article →February 20, 2025
The Panama Canal is Key to Global Commerce
Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that…
Read article →January 21, 2025
Founding Farmers Reflect on GFN's 25 Year Legacy
At the turn of the millennium five Iowa farmers (gathered together by Mary Boote) took on a new challenge. Bill Horan, Tim Burrack, Reg Clause, along …
Read article →December 26, 2024
Shift in Time, Shift in Trade: The Need for New Markets
Something big has changed for U.S. farmers since the last time Donald Trump was president: Americans are buying more food from abroad than we’re selli…
Read article →August 1, 2024
No Place to Go
What I grow needs a place to go. As a farmer in Iowa, I depend on domestic and foreign markets for my corn and soybeans—and I’m always on the lookout …
Read article →February 16, 2024
The Time of His Life
I met Bill Northey in an elevator. We were in Des Moines, and I had just been elected to the board of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. I was headed …
Read article →Complete publishing history— all 96 articles
- Trade-less in the USAAugust 31, 2023
- Recognizing the Power of Collaboration in CooperativesJune 29, 2023
- <strong>Jones Act: A US Man-Made Protectionist Disaster</strong>October 6, 2022
- <strong>Trade Talk is Better</strong>August 25, 2022
- Tariff “Policy Shock” Is Real and DestructiveJanuary 27, 2022
- United States-Corn HarvestNovember 22, 2021
- Tall Waterhemp Takes No Prisoners!August 12, 2021
- Rainfalls Impact on Food Security is Broader Than You Might RealizeJuly 15, 2021
- United States-Feeding the SoilJune 29, 2021
- United States-Fertilizer ApplicationJune 15, 2021
- USA Farm Tour-Winter WorkFebruary 8, 2021
- Farmers Want to Support the Next US Trade RepresentativeJanuary 21, 2021
- USA Farm Tour-Planting Cover CropsNovember 13, 2020
- With losses mounting, Iowa farmers, ag groups hope congressional leaders provide additional coronavirus aidJune 30, 2020
- A Ratified USMCA Would be a Christmas Gift of StabilityDecember 12, 2019
- Interview: Burrack Talks Trade With Japan's Kyodo NewsJune 18, 2019
- Burrack Interview: "Cover crops mitigate climate change effects"February 20, 2019
- A Sensible Decision to Support Safe Crop Protection OptionsNovember 8, 2018
- Tariff Turmoil in Times of AbundanceAugust 23, 2018
- Delaying a Trade War “Bullet”May 24, 2018
- The Economic Bullets Are Real For Farmers In Trade War With ChinaApril 5, 2018
- Russia vs. GMOsMarch 8, 2018
- We Must Not Take NAFTAs Blessings For GrantedNovember 22, 2017
- Consider the Case of Cover CropsAugust 24, 2017
- IARC Alarmism Puts Rats Before FarmersJuly 13, 2017
- Ag, Airplanes and PerdueJanuary 26, 2017
- Time For Congress to Get It Done: Pass TPPNovember 10, 2016
- Protectionism: The Curse That Keeps On TakingSeptember 16, 2016
- When Trump and Clinton Talk Bad About Trade, Silence is Not GoldenJuly 28, 2016
- Post Brexit: It’s Time to Talk Trade with the UKJuly 8, 2016
- Presidential ProtectionismMarch 17, 2016
- Iowa’s Raucous Trade CaucusJanuary 28, 2016
- TPP is “Secret” No MoreNovember 25, 2015
- Mark Levin – This Farmer Wants to Talk TPP Trade Facts With YouNovember 19, 2015
- Words Matter: When a port “Strike” became “Slowdown” we all paidOctober 29, 2015
- It's time to ask the Presidential candidates about trade!September 24, 2015
- I’m over Chipotle: Supporting GMOs IS the socially responsible positionSeptember 17, 2015
- Free Trade Is an Economic Necessity, Not Politics 2016May 21, 2015
- TPP: By Helping Japan and PM Abe Move Forward, We Help OurselvesMay 7, 2015
- Tractor-Chasing Lawyers Stuff Their Own Pockets at the Expense of Ag InnovationMarch 26, 2015
- Trade to Give Cubans a Taste of Economic FreedomMarch 19, 2015
- Fifteen Years of “Protesting the Protests” Against Free TradeDecember 11, 2014
- We Do Not Need a Precautionary Approach for U.S. Wildlife RefugesAugust 13, 2014
- No Herbicides & Pesticides – No problem: 70 Million “New” Jobs Created to Grow Our FoodMay 1, 2014
- Nicaragua Dreams of Building a Canal for the Ships of TomorrowMarch 13, 2014
- The Truth About Technology & Trade With ChinaDecember 19, 2013
- Constitutional Support for a Strong Trade AgendaDecember 5, 2013
- The Ill-Regulatory USDAJuly 11, 2013
- The USDA of EuropeMay 16, 2013
- Trade Barriers: An Unnatural DisasterMarch 21, 2013
- Trade Will Strengthen the State of the UnionFebruary 14, 2013
- Pulling Back the Dr. Oz Green Curtain Cover-UpOctober 25, 2012
- An Open Letter To California Voters From An Iowa Farmer: Prop 37 Impacts Me TooSeptember 13, 2012
- Here’s to Healthy Delicious Sweet CornAugust 16, 2012
- An Open Letter to Oprah: Come to My Farm and See Why Biotech Crops Make SenseMay 10, 2012
- Iowa Caucus: A Comparison Plot for CandidatesJanuary 5, 2012
- Farm Production Success in the Ukraine Will Require ChangeDecember 1, 2011
- Fedoroff: An Outstanding Case for Regulatory Common SenseSeptember 1, 2011
- An Olympic-Sized Economic Freeze OutJuly 14, 2011
- A Farmer's Hope for JapanMarch 24, 2011
- Feeding UnrestFebruary 10, 2011
- Could Japan support a 'Tariff Lift'?December 2, 2010
- Epic Fail: Obama’s Korean DisasterNovember 18, 2010
- We Need a Grand-Slam Trade AgendaJuly 30, 2010
- Producing ConservationApril 9, 2010
- Tire Tariff Truth & ConsequencesDecember 18, 2009
- Unreality TV- The BS in CBSOctober 23, 2009
- Flat Tire TariffAugust 21, 2009
- St. Lawrence Seaway: Gateway to the WorldJuly 10, 2009
- Needed - A Concrete AccomplishmentMay 29, 2009
- Fool's FluMay 1, 2009
- When Buy American WorksFebruary 27, 2009
- Containing CostJuly 4, 2008
- Nurturing ProductionMay 16, 2008
- Trucking in ReverseSeptember 20, 2007
- A Two-Way Passageway for TradeJune 22, 2007
- Keep on Truckin’March 16, 2007
- Good BusinessFebruary 16, 2007
- Overdue PenanceMay 5, 2006
- WTO’dMarch 31, 2006
- Unintended Corn-sequencesFebruary 3, 2006
- RebuildingSeptember 8, 2005
- A Lesson in TimeAugust 5, 2005
- Growth IndustryJanuary 28, 2005
- Moving Trade AlongSeptember 2, 2004
- Excited about BiotechJanuary 15, 2004
- Thank You – From Iowa to HawaiiAugust 28, 2003
- The Politics of ConfusionJuly 11, 2003
- The Global Biotech Crop RevolutionFebruary 12, 2003
- Using New Technology to Fight Old PestsApril 23, 2002
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