America’s pork and beef ex­­ports are expected to set records this year despite higher prices and next year also looks promising despite strong competition and  political and regulatory issues, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) directors said in a conference call last week from the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference in Virginia.

USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng said U.S. beef exports have been “better than expected” and are up 3 percent in volume this year...