Healthy Living

Does exporting U.S. beef raise the price consumers pay at the grocery store?

The short answer is not really. 

Andy Bishop, a Kentucky cattle producer and chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board says groups like the U.S. Meat Export Federation are working to grow demand for cuts of beef not widely used domestically – so it doesn’t take away from the available supplies for consumers.

AUDIO: Healthy Living on consumer prices for beef