Red Meat Industry Optimistic at USMEF Spring Conference in Kansas City
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The U.S. red meat industry gathered in Kansas City last week for the annual U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Spring Conference. In this Audio Report, USMEF Chair Randy Spronk, a pork producer from Edgerton, Minn., notes a sense of optimism among attendees for the remainder of 2024.
In his remarks at the Spring Conference, Spronk highlighted a need for market access through new free trade agreements.
The USMEF Spring Conference was loaded with a number of dynamic presentations from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kip Tom, CattleFax CEO Randy Blach, Power of Meat author Anne-Marie Roerink and more. More details and images from the opening day of the conference are available in this press release, and information on the conclusion of the Spring Conference is available here.