Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Why U.S. Farm Organizations Focus on Exports

July 27, 2009 - This week’s U.S. Meat Export Federation audio report features USMEF Vice Chairman Keith Miller, a farmer-stockman from Great Bend, Kan.

Miller represents the American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm organizations on the USMEF board of directors.

Miller says exports have become increasingly important to the profitability of America’s farms and ranches, and he enjoys the opportunity to educate his fellow producers about how their checkoff dollars are used to develop international markets for beef and pork.

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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) 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, corn and soybean checkoff programs.