Suggested Lead: More than 250 meat and livestock industry professionals are i...

Suggested Lead: More than 250 meat and livestock industry professionals are in Cancun, Mexico, this week to develop meat export plans for the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). John Bellinger of Agri-West International in San Antonio, Tex., is the USMEF chair. He says having the meeting in Cancun makes a lot of sense.

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Bellinger says the purpose of the meeting is to develop plans for the near future.

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According to Bellinger, both the beef and pork industries have benefited from foreign markets.

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Bellinger believes market development starts with getting the market open in the first place.

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The USMEF Strategic Planning and Marketing Conference started Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Cancun. 

The U.S. Meat Export Federation 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, lamb, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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