A couple of weeks ago I was visiting with a producer at the Montana State Fair in Great Falls, Montana, and in our conversation, he asked me what effect I thought the lower cattle numbers - thus lower slaughter numbers - would have on beef export numbers. I explained to him I felt that there was no doubt in mind my mind that beef export numbers could surpass last year’s all-time high numbers, and that we should surely see lower export figures in 2023 than in 2022. Last week, the USDA released the export data for June, which was put...

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