Greg Hanes

On Tuesday, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board released its 2021 Annual Report. This latest report includes information about projects and results within each of the organization's program areas, including promotion, foreign marketing, consumer information, industry information, research and producer communications. The ...

If there is a positive take away for the livestock industry during this pandemic, it is the rapid advancement of communications technology, allowing producers and industry leaders to more easily talk directly with consumers. Greg Hanes, CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, said all the contractors they work with and their checkoff programs have really done a great job of adap

The U.S. Meat Export Federation said the 2019 FOODEX Trade Show, which recently wrapped up in Tokyo, was a good opportunity for American beef.  USMEF’s Greg Hanes said they used the four day show not only to connect with potential clients and other countries, but showcase the flexibility of U.S. red mea...

To help producers negatively impacted by retaliatory tariffs from China, the USDA has rolled out $200 million to help boost exports through the Agriculture Trade Program.  Greg Hanes, U.S. Meat Export Federation vice president for international marketing, said this will help make consumers on the international stage more aware of the products offered by the United States.  ...

A host of officials with the U.S. Meat Export Federation recently returned from Foodex Japan, Asia’s largest food trade show.  Greg Hanes with USMEF with red meat demand among Japanese consumers continuing to gain moment, the four day show could not have come at a better time for the American beef and pork industries.  He said ...

The importance of agricultural trade and it’s benefit to the overall American economy, that’s the message Greg Hanes will promote in 2018.  Hanes was recently named chair of the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council, a DC-based organization made up of commodity trade associations, farmer coops and more.  He said he pla...