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RECORD BEEF much and currently rep-
continued from page 6
However, China/HK is the
most rapidly growing beef
export market and could
surpass both Japan and
South Korea in not too many
months. Beef exports to
China/HK are up 163.4 per-
cent year over year and have
more than doubled, increas-
ing by 114.1 percent since
2018 in the January – Au-
gust period. In fact, month-
ly beef exports to China/HK
in August were larger than
South Korea and were sec-
ond only to exports to Japan
for the month. China/HK,
increased from 9.6 percent of
total exports in 2018 to 18.8
percent of the total for the
year to date through August
and has increased from the
fifth largest beef export mar-
ket in 2018 to the third larg-
est market in 2021.
Beef exports to Taiwan are
down 1.6 percent year over
year but have increased by
7.2 percent since 2018 in the
year-to-date values. How-
ever, Taiwan as a percent of
total exports has not changed
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resents 5.7 percent of total
beef exports.
While the Asian markets
have grown, beef exports to
Canada and Mexico have de-
clined in total and as a share
of the total. Beef exports to
Canada decreased by 10.0
percent from 2018 to 2021
for the first eight months of
the year. Canada decreased
from a share of 9.7 percent
to 8.0 percent of total beef
exports between 2018 and
2021.
Beef exports to Mexico for
the first eight months of the
year decreased by 28.7 per-
cent between 2018 and 2021.
Mexico’s share of total beef
exports decreased from 14.1
percent to 9.2 percent from
2018 to 2021 for the year-to-
date period. Beef exports to
Mexico dropped sharply in
2020 due to the pandemic
and is recovering somewhat
in 2021 with year-to-date
beef exports up 20.8 percent
year over year.
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The Midwest Cattleman · October 21, 2021 · P25
HEIFER DEVELOPMENT heifers reach target weights
can high pregnancy rates
continued from page 21 be obtained. In other words,
calving and subsequent re- heifers with the genetic po-
productive performance are tential to reach a heavier
not highly heritable. This mature weight must attain a
suggests that management heavier prebreeding weight
practices are most likely to before their first breeding
influence the majority of season. Using the standard
factors related to reproduc- set by the Beef Improve-
tive performance. How we ment Federation for nine
manage replacement heif- frame-size classifications for
er calves from the time they U.S. breeding cattle (Table
are weaned from their dams 5), producers can estimate
to the beginning of the first body composition and ener-
breeding period is extremely gy requirements per pound
critical for their subsequent of gain at various weights
performance. during the feeding period.
Studies indicate that pu- a
Hip height (in.) based on
berty can be expected to Beef Improvement Federa-
occur at a genetically prede-
termined size among individ- tion standards. Weights (lb)
ual animals, and only when continued on page 26
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