International Livestock Congress Explores Trends in Meat Production, Demand
International Livestock Congress Explores Trends in Meat Production, Demand
The 2010 Livestock Congress was held Tuesday in Denver, with nearly 200 livestock producers, analysts, students and other industry leaders in attendance. The conference is hosted annually by the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation.
USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng moderated the opening session, which included a presentation by Richard Brown of GIRA Euroconsulting. Seng told attendees that while U.S. beef exports took a step back in the past year, they actually held up relatively well considering the difficult global economic climate.
Philip Seng addresses the 2010 International Livestock Congress
“Many people say that we’ve just gone through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” Seng said. “But as I look at the global situation, world trade was down 22 percent in 2009. When our final numbers are in, beef exports from the United States will hopefully be down about 9 percent. So we actually fared much better than many other aspects of world trade.”
USMEF Economist Erin Daley discusses international trade issues on a panel that also included Rob Shuey (center) of Tyson Foods and Greg Bloom of Colorado Meat Packers
USMEF Economist Erin Daley was also featured on the program, appearing on an international trade panel with Rob Shuey, vice president of hide and tannery margin management for Tyson Foods, and Greg Bloom, national sales manager for Colorado Meat Packers. Daley summarized U.S. beef export results through the first 10 months of 2009 and identified areas of potential growth for the coming year. She also discussed market access issues and the production and export trends of other beef-exporting countries.
For more details from the 2010 International Livestock Congress, please visit: www.theisef.com/ilc-usa2010.aspx.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
International Livestock Congress Explores Trends in Meat Production, Demand
The 2010 Livestock Congress was held Tuesday in Denver, with nearly 200 livestock producers, analysts, students and other industry leaders in attendance. The conference is hosted annually by the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation.
USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng moderated the opening session, which included a presentation by Richard Brown of GIRA Euroconsulting. Seng told attendees that while U.S. beef exports took a step back in the past year, they actually held up relatively well considering the difficult global economic climate.
Philip Seng addresses the 2010 International Livestock Congress
“Many people say that we’ve just gone through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” Seng said. “But as I look at the global situation, world trade was down 22 percent in 2009. When our final numbers are in, beef exports from the United States will hopefully be down about 9 percent. So we actually fared much better than many other aspects of world trade.”
USMEF Economist Erin Daley discusses international trade issues on a panel that also included Rob Shuey (center) of Tyson Foods and Greg Bloom of Colorado Meat Packers
USMEF Economist Erin Daley was also featured on the program, appearing on an international trade panel with Rob Shuey, vice president of hide and tannery margin management for Tyson Foods, and Greg Bloom, national sales manager for Colorado Meat Packers. Daley summarized U.S. beef export results through the first 10 months of 2009 and identified areas of potential growth for the coming year. She also discussed market access issues and the production and export trends of other beef-exporting countries.
For more details from the 2010 International Livestock Congress, please visit: www.theisef.com/ilc-usa2010.aspx.
# # #
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.