Drovers Article - Beef Scandal IN Brazil

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Drovers Magazine  - April Edition 

Interesting  read  about  our  South American  competitors  ----

EYE CATCHER  of  the  statement  US  imported   '''  26  BILLION  pounds '''   of  BEEF  in  """ 2016 ''''' ? ? 

Stats  according to NCBA  USA  beef  consumed  was 24.807 billion lbs. in 2015 - with avg. retail price $6.29 / lb ---

 529  metric  tons  from  Brazil  valued  @  $ 297.8  million   -  how  interesting  - can somebody explain these numbers PLZ  ?

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https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsbinternational.pdf

or google up International Meat,Poultry and Egg review.

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Wright  -  If we imported  26 billion  lbs  of  beef  in  2016   &  consumed  24  billion  in 2015  -  some body  has  some  Xplaining  to  do  with  the  numbers -  who  do  we  believe ?????