Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Caspers Reflects on Term as USMEF Chairman

Nov. 11, 2009 - Iowa pork producer Jon Caspers will conclude his one-year term as U.S. Meat Export Federation chairman later this week at the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference in Denver. Caspers says that while 2009 has presented some extremely difficult challenges, he takes much pride in the organization’s efforts to develop global markets for U.S. pork and beef.

While Caspers is a former president of the National Pork Producers Council with an extensive history of livestock industry involvement, he said his time as a USMEF officer offered many new experiences and fresh insights into a wide range of issues. He added that while pork exports have declined slightly from the record-setting pace of 2008, he is still encouraged by this year’s results and by the positive impact exports continue to have on pork producers’ bottom line.

Updates from the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference will be available later this week at www.usmef.org.

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