On Friday of last week, the Obama Administration announced bilateral consultations with Japan about its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have concluded and the U.S. welcomes Japan joining TPP negotiations. The TPP is an ambitious, next-generation, regional trade agreement that seeks to create a “new millennium model for trade.” As the world’s third […]
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Livestock ID/traceability important for export markets
When I was in Japan in July for the Nebraska corn-fed beef mission with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), we had the chance to visit a large and very nice supermarket. In that supermarket, it specifically partitioned out the different countries that the meat was from: U.S. beef in one section; Aussie beef right […]
Serving U.S. Beef to Japan Tsunami Evacuees
Imagine traveling through the Japan countryside, through beautiful, green rice paddies and tree covered mountains when you turn the bend and see the coast. You can easily see the water two miles away because what once was thriving coastal cities, is now a layer of debris, mostly flat except for the piles that workers […]
U.S. Beef BBQ in Japan
I returned from Japan last week on a corn-fed beef trade mission with Nebraska Corn Board and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) and wanted to share on some my observations. I helped organize this trip as a trade mission to help promote Nebraska corn-fed beef and a way for the Nebraska farmers that organized […]
Wordless Wednesday | U.S. Beef in Japan
I just returned from Japan – more updates to come but I’ll share a few pictures of U.S. beef in Japan: Check out more pictures on our team’s Flickr album.
Which shape do you prefer?
In a high-end Japan supermarket today, my team of the Nebraska Corn and Beef participants, were actually observing the U.S. beef and pork being marketed.But I got really distracted by the art that were these melons. And the outlandish price, but I would probably pay it too if I could get melons this unique and […]
