Reminder: USMEF Trade Team Media Call from Tokyo Set for Friday, Sept. 11

Published: Sep 09, 2015

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) will conduct a media conference call on Friday, Sept. 11 from its office in Tokyo, Japan. The call will begin at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time and will feature participants from a delegation of U.S. producers and other agricultural leaders visiting Japan. The panel of conference call participants will include:

Mike Foley, Lt. Governor of Nebraska
Chris Hodges, CEO, National Pork Board
John Anderson, Deputy Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation
Gary Marshall, CEO, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council

Reporters who wish to participate in the call should dial 1-866-519-2804 and enter passcode 770447. If you are calling from an area that cannot access this toll-free number, please dial 1-719-234-7307 and use the same passcode.

The panelists will offer observations from meetings held earlier in the week with Japanese importers, distributors, retailers, processors and other food industry professionals, as well as a major USMEF meat trade seminar held earlier in the day. They will also offer their thoughts on current market conditions for U.S. pork and beef in Japan and the importance of the Japanese market. Their remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session, to conclude by 9:00 a.m. Eastern time.

More details are available online, or by contacting Joe Schuele at jschuele@usmef.org or 303-623-6328.