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6-3-10 – Beef Exports Heating Up

 
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Hi this is Nebraska Farm Bureau's Ag News Now Radio Service, I’m Tina
Henderson.



 



Now here is today’s Farm Bureau
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The report runs 1:42.



 



Many
export success stories are flying under the radar  and it’s adding up to big export business for
U.S. beef. Here to talk about beef trade is National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association Chief Economist Gregg Doud



 



Gregg thanks for joining me on today’s program!



 



Question
1                    A recent export sales
reports showed back-to-back



weeks
of all-time beef export tonnage records. Gregg, what’s behind this increase?



 



Cut
#1      :40           O.C...”going into Argentina.”



 



Question 2                     Why is Russia is another key
piece of the puzzle?



 



Cut
#2      :29           O.C...”never seen before.”



 



Question 3                     Japan remains a market of
great potential. Japan



                                      still only allows beef products
from cattle under 21



months
of age. That’s costing U.S. producers about a billion dollars in lost export
revenues each year. But Gregg patience is needed.



 



Cut
#3      :28           O.C...”have to be patient.”



 



Gregg thanks for joining me!



 



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for Listening!