U.S. agricultural imports have been rising at a 6.42 percent annual rate over the past 25 years. Mostly due to duty-free goods under NAFTA, but also from Europe. By contrast, U.S. export market share for its major bulk commodities has been declining. There are many reasons for the latter, including diminishing return on investment, increasing production elsewhere, and policy distortions.  By elevating prices, U.S. farm support policy encourages production both at home and abroad. Market access barriers in other markets encourages domestic production while reducing sales by foreign suppliers. More sinister was the conspiracy theory that the thousands of miscellaneous packets of seeds being sent to U.S. recipients, mostly from China, ar...