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Targeting new markets for US beef
Feb 1, 2017, 11:26 AM
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The chairman of Federation of State Beef Councils says the industry is targeting new markets for US beef.
Nebraska cattleman Steve Hanson says the beef checkoff is working to increase access for US beef on the global market.
And considering the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership – one of those targeted areas is Asia. “We dedicated about $640,000 to some projects in Japan and Korea,” he says. “For instance, in the Korean project, we have now become the number one exporter into Korea with US beef.”
He tells Brownfield as they gain access to new markets – they don’t intend to give it back.
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