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Beef Exports Rise To Russia

SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS-- Russians have rediscovered a taste for U.S. beef in recent months after going without it for almost four years. Russia ordered 24.7 million pounds of U.S. beef in the first half of the year, with another 15 million pounds in outstanding orders, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. The value of those 2008 orders totaled $25 million, outpacing the values achieved prior to the 2003 beef ban related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease....

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