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Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Halstrom Details Latest Red Meat Export Results, Including Another $1 Billion Month for Beef
U.S. beef exports again topped $1 billion in July and posted the fifth-largest volume on record, according to data released by USDA and compiled by
Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Colombia’s Demand for U.S. Red Meat Continues to Expand
After a slow start to the year, U.S. pork exports to Colombia rebounded strongly in the second quarter and are now 10% ahead of last
GYPSY WAGON: From Our Editor August/September 2022
Soapbox time. I have always been confident that, in the scheme of things, everyone in the world knew agriculture was indispensable. After all, even everyone
Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Seminar Educates Latin American Meat Processors on Attributes of U.S. Pork and Beef
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently hosted meat processors from across Latin America for a further processing seminar held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Halstrom Observations on Post-COVID Return to Japan
Japan is one of the United States’ strongest trading partners for red meat, but continued COVID restrictions have limited the return of the foodservice sector
$670 Million Producer-Owned Beef Packing Plant Launched In Amarillo
Facility to Harvest 3,000 Head Per Day When Completed in 2025 By Larry Stalcup There’ve been thousands of cattle deals made in Amarillo. The
Counter-Intuitive Science Reveals CAFO’s Contribution to Greenhouse Gasses
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor Contrary to the emotion-infused debate over cattle’s contribution to greenhouse gas and climate change, confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) aren’t
PREVENT DISEASE SPREAD U.S. CattleTrace Has the Prescription But Needs More Producer and Feeder Members
by Larry Stalcup Cattle diseases can be catastrophic to the beef industry, so isolating infected cattle is critical. To benefit helpless herds, U.S. CattleTrace, Inc.,
USMEF Audio Report: Investing in the Potential for U.S. Beef in Africa
Of the $5 billion of U.S. beef exported around the world through May of this year, only $8 million has been to Africa. But Africa
THE FUTURE OF WATER IN THE WEST Maybe Mark Twain Wasn’t Right After All
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor IF THERE’S A QUOTE that sums the history of water use in the cattle country, it’s the oft-used Mark Twain