date:Mar 12, 2014
re a number of recognized challenges on the production side as well as unresolved access issues, said Philip Seng, USMEF president and CEO. In addition, we are also seeing increased competition in the form of higher marketing budgets and favorable prices for the EU, Brazil and Canada.
Beef exports for January totaled 97,824 metric tons while the year-over-year value was $514.5 million, USMEF reported. Exports accounted for 13 percent of total beef production (including variety meats) and 10 pe