China a new opportunity for Nebraska beef producers

Chad Smith
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020

China beef exports — (From left) Craig Uden, past president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and Luan Richeng, of state-owned Chinese importer COFCO, ceremonially cut into a Nebraska prime rib in Beijing, marking the return of U.S. beef to the Chinese market in June 2017.
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China reopened to U.S. beef imports in 2017, and Nebraska producers immediately took advantage.

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