USA: USMEF’s Dan Halstrom speaks on beef, and pork exports in 2023

Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation spoke with Global Ag Media’s, Sarah Mikesell at the 2023 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Growth in the US beef export market continue to be a topic of discussion throughout 2023. “It's broad-based growth across quite a few different markets that are adding to this record pace,” said Halstrom. “It's not just the growth in mainstay markets like Japan, Korea and Mexico, but China also had a big year. There are also other developing regions such as Central America, in places like Colombia, that are growing which are providing some optimism.” Diversification of the market base is the key to finding new opportunities and increased growth, he said. The USMEF is looking at specific areas for new opportunities to educate consumers about US meat opportunities. “One area is Indonesia, the beef demand has been spotty in past, but there's a lot of indicators to show the middle ...