Issues Surrounding the Livestock Industry

By Sara Schafer

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November 16, 2020 10:54 PM

Sara Muri, Farm Journal Business & Crops Online Editor

Increasing demand for livestock products, solving global trade problems and reforming immigration are just a few of the challenges facing the U.S. livestock industry.

Listen to Chandler Keys, of JBS Swift, as he discusses the many problem areas engulfing industry, as he spoke at the 12^th Annual Farm Journal Forum in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

Learn more about topics discussed at the Food and Agricultural Policy Summit at www.FarmJournal.com.

You can e-mail Sara Muri at smuri@farmjournal.com.

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