This year has been a record time for U.S. pork exports. “2024 was a really outstanding year for pork, but we need to continue focusing on developing markets other than China,” said Joe Schuele, vice president of communications, U.S. Meat Export Federation “I think that strategy has paid off because we were less dependent on China than a lot of our competitors.” For the red meat sector, tight supplies will be a consideration in ’25. “Volumes might be down a little bit if we start to see herd rebuilding so we look for a good solid year in beef exports and we think we’ll have another record in pork. It’ll probably be modest growth.”
