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Red meat exports set volume and value records in the month of May.  Dan Halstrom, President and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation said beef continues to put-up eye-popping numbers. “We exceeded $1 billion in value again, in the month of May to an all-time record high. Also reco...

U.S. grain exports in-all-forms totaled 96 million metric tons during the first nine months of the current marketing year.  The exports to 145 countries are just under the total at the same point in the previous marketing year. Increased grain exports to Mexico, Canada, and Colombia helped to offset year-to-date losses in China and Japan. Tho...

U.S. Agriculture posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce Tuesday shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products totaled $177 billion. The total beat the 2020 figure by 18% and eclipsed the previous record set in 2014, by 14 ...

U.S. red meat exports ended the first quarter on a high note. The U.S. Meat Export Federation reported March beef and pork exports each posted the highest monthly value on record. Pork exports and shipments of beef muscle cuts also set new volume records in March ...

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Grains Council kicked off its 60th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting virtually Monday. The meeting seeks to help U.S. grain sector leaders assess the challenges affecting their industry and offer reassurance grain exports continue despite disruptions ...

Colombia and Panama are among the fastest-growing markets in the western hemisphere for U.S. farm and food products.  And because of that, USDA’s Ted McKinney will lead a group of American exporters seeking to tap into that market potential.   T...

The USDA will sponsor seven trade missions in 2019 to expand export opportunities for American farmers across the globe.  The missions were announced Tuesday by Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney.  He said...

Six years ago, the United States entered into a free trade agreemen with Colombia, which in turn has become one of the fastest-growing destinations for U.S. red meat.  Don Mason with the U.S. Meat Export Federation said a rapidly growing middle class and an improving economy a great one two punch for American ranchers.  ...

USDA Deputy Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney just completed a week-long trip to Colombia and Panama to survey how U.S. ag exports have succeeded in the two countries.   He said free trade agreements five years ago have brought U.S. e...