pork exports

USMEF Highlights Higher Year over Year Pork Exports & Beef Variety Meats

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

According to the U. S. Meat Export Federation, January U.S. Pork Exports have trended higher while Beef Variety Meats topped highs in previous months. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom shares the details on Pork Exports, “Of course, last year, the last several months by Latin America, Mexico, Central America, even down into Colombia, for example. But the interesting thing about …

beef plant

Labor Issues at Beef Plant in Colorado Impacting Markets

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Commodities, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Labor and Immigration, Marketing, Trade

Labor issues at that JBS beef plant in Colorado plowed an otherwise positive beef trade in our review. Beef packer margins improving here last week. By the way, happy St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish and friends of Irish, heavy consumers of beef and various beverages as well. But spring coming up here at the end of the week, and that consumer demand we …

Trade Mission

US Trade Missions Provide Benefits For Farmers and Ranchers

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade

The Trump Administration has been implementing Rapid Response Trade Missions as part of a strategy to bolster foreign trade discussions. Recently Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg completed a trade mission with US Agricultural Producers in Guatemala where he highlighted the efforts and benefits of these missions. Lindberg said, ”Undersecretary Luke Lindberg here in Guatemala City, leading …

American beef

USMEF Highlights Gains of American Beef in Columbia

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The U.S. Meat Export Federation is highlighting the gains of American beef in Columbia, especially after HPAI detections in the U.S. According to USMEF, US Beef exports to Columbia rose 23% in volume and 77% in value in 2025 and Homero Recio, a Latin America representative for USMEF explains. Recio said, “We did suffer quite a hit because of avian …

U.S. peanut exports

A Look At US Peanut Exports

Dan Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Peanuts

Well about 20% of the peanut crop produced in the United States is exported. Let’s check the numbers on that. For December 2005 to December 2004 compared, the U.S. exported 34,586 metric tons, a surprising increase of 2%. The increase is driven by a continuous strong export to Mexico, which was up 32%. All other major markets were down, with Canada down 8%, China was down 3%, European …

ncba

United Kingdom Embassy Farm Tour Stop Hosted by NCBA

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Events, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) hosted one of the tour stops on a United Kingdom Embassy Farm Tour at Whitestone Farm in Virginia. During the tour stop, stakeholders from Virginia and the United Kingdom met for a round table discussion and included Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Rt. Hon. Emma Reynolds MP, Virginia Agriculture Secretary …

fertilizer

AFBF Raises Concerns Regarding Fertilizer Availability and Pricing Amid Iran Military Actions

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Fertilizer

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is raising concerns relating to fertilizer supply and pricing in the wake of military conflict in Iran. On a call with media earlier this week, AFBF President Zippy Duvall, South Carolina Farm Bureau President Harry Ott, AFBF Vice President of Public Policy and Economic Analysis John Newton and AFBF Economist Faith Parum provided a …

trade missions

Under Secretary For Trade Touts Rapid Response Trade Missions

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been implementing “Rapid-Response Trade Missions” as part of their two-pronged strategy to boost U.S. agricultural exports and the agricultural economy for producers. We sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn how these missions are helping to support agricultural trade. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “A lot of …

pork exports

USMEF Highlights Near Record Pok Exports in 2025 While Beef Exports Impacted By Lack of Access To China

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is highlighting the gains of meat exports in the USDA’s 2025 year-end data. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom provided an overview of the near record pork exports last year. “A very good month at 258,000 metric tons for the month of December. That gives us an annual total that comes in with the number …

trade deficit

USDA Points to Factors Impacting Reducing Agricultural Trade Deficit

Dan Agri-Business, Biofuels/Energy, Corn, Dairy, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade, USDA

With the reduction in the estimated Agricultural trade deficit that was recently announced, we sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn what factors were impacting this reduction. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “You know, we’ve had really some significant progress across not only a number of different markets around the world, where we’ve had …