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Tackling Export Issues Requires Experience, USMEF Members Learn At General Session

The U.S. red meat and agricultural industries need to leverage experience and lead by example while engaging with trade partners to improve access in international markets, USMEF Chair Dennis Erpelding told USMEF members Tuesday (Oct. 30) during the General Session of the federation’s Strategic Planning Conference in Washington, D.C.

Erpelding noted the many players involved in meat production and exports, including meat and grain producers, processors and exporters, must come together utilizing their individual experiences to provide better leadership to move the industry forward.

As the industry moves forward, other factors including bio-fuels, pending free trade agreements, the Farm Bill and political elections will affect U.S. red meat exports as they change the circumstances under which trade operates.

Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics vice president in Washington, D.C., said the complex dynamics in the world will continue to drive export issues, but as members of the industry, he encouraged USMEF members to become more aware of these issues and push back in order to have a hand in the way the United States tackles these issues.

USMEF News

Tackling Export Issues Requires Experience, USMEF Members Learn At General Session

The U.S. red meat and agricultural industries need to leverage experience and lead by example while engaging with trade partners to improve access in international markets, USMEF Chair Dennis Erpelding told USMEF members Tuesday (Oct. 30) during the General Session of the federation’s Strategic Planning Conference in Washington, D.C.

Erpelding noted the many players involved in meat production and exports, including meat and grain producers, processors and exporters, must come together utilizing their individual experiences to provide better leadership to move the industry forward.

As the industry moves forward, other factors including bio-fuels, pending free trade agreements, the Farm Bill and political elections will affect U.S. red meat exports as they change the circumstances under which trade operates.

Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics vice president in Washington, D.C., said the complex dynamics in the world will continue to drive export issues, but as members of the industry, he encouraged USMEF members to become more aware of these issues and push back in order to have a hand in the way the United States tackles these issues.