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Oct 11, 2021
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U.S. meat exports percent of U.S. production from 1960 through 2021. — U.S. meat exports percent of U.S. production from 1960 through 2021.
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Editor’s note: The following was written by James Mintert, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University, for the university’s website.

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