Led by a record-shattering performance in Mexico and broad-based growth in other markets, U.S. pork exports set a value record in 2023, according to year-end data released by the U.S.
China remains a major destination for U.S. ag products despite strong global competition and political tensions between the two countries’ governments.
The indictments of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and Wael Hana, owner of a halal meat certification company allegedly used by Egypt to funnel bribes to the senator and his wife, is raising concern over an arrangement that gives control over millions of dollars in U.S. beef and poultry trade to one entity at the heart of the scandal.