Recession, supply chain issues could slow meat exports

While U.S. red meat exports will likely set a value record ap­proaching $20 billion this year, the industry faces an array of obstacles related to the sluggish global economy, weakening currencies of key trading partners and lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, said Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax during the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s (USMEF) Strategic...