date:Jun 06, 2014
Dr Hayes is very optimistic about US pork export opportunities.
We completely lost the Russian market, and in March of 2013 we almost lost the Chinese market. In spite of this, exports were relatively stable 2011 through 2013, says Dr Hayes.
We have Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with several Latin American countries, which are now a top volume market. Exports are surging to this area, which compensates for losing Russia.
Everything looks good for the first quarter of 2014. However, US pork pro