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USMEF Press Conference/Media Conference Call Set for Tuesday, Nov. 5

Published: Oct 28, 2013
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) will conduct a press conference and media conference call on Tuesday, Nov. 5, from the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The conference call will begin at 7:45 a.m. Eastern time (6:45 local time) and will feature brief comments from USMEF officers and senior staff, including several international directors. Their comments will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Off-site participants should call 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. Please note that this will not be an operator-assisted call, so please mute your phone (*6) until the question-and-answer period begins. When asking a question, please unmute your phone (also *6) and provide the panel with your name and the name of your news outlet.

For reporters based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, we encourage you to attend the press conference in person. It will be held in the Sundance 5 room of the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, 1300 Houston Street, Fort Worth (front desk: 817-535-6664). If you plan to attend, an RSVP is appreciated to Joe Schuele (jschuele@usmef.org) or Jim Herlihy (jherlihy@usmef.org).

Reporters are also invited to attend the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference, which is set for Nov. 5-7 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. The full agenda is available online. If you plan to attend, please contact Joe Schuele at the email address above or at 303-226-7309 so we can preregister you and comp your registration fee. All meetings listed are generally open to media, but please be advised that committees may occasionally opt for a closed session.