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Beef and pork are on pace to set new export value records in 2011 and to eclipse the $5 billion mark.

These free trade agreements represent nearly $2.5 billion in new agriculture exports.

USDA offers a 30-day extension on the comment period for the proposed rule on animal disease traceability.

The 2011 forecast of total red meat and poultry production is raised reflecting higher beef production, but lower pork production.

The pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea represent nearly $2.5 billion in new agriculture exports.

WTO preliminary rule says the U.S. country of origin labeling law violates certain technical barriers to trade.

Language in ag funding bill stops development of Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s proposed livestock and poultry marketing rule.

But market access issues still linger.

If the trend established in the first six months of the year holds up, U.S. beef and pork exports are likely to set several new records in 2011.

U.S. Meat Export Federation staff in Japan offer persepective on the current conditions and longer term outlook for meat trade.