The USDA says the week ending July 1st was a solid week for meat exports. Pork sales of almost 44,000 tons were up 53% on the week, with China, Japan, and Mexico purchasing most of the week’s total, and beef sales of nearly 24,000 tons were 96% higher, mainly to South Korea, Japan, and China. Those sales were also up sharply from the respective four-week average and might have been buyers getting ahead of the slowdown in business for the holiday week.

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