Rabobanks Dustin Aherin describes opportunities, challenges in todays meat industry

Published: April 23, 2021, 4:37 p.m.

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Meat industry stakeholders are all too aware of this past year\\u2019s market volatility due to COVID-19, but there were and continue to be other factors at play too.

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For this week\\u2019s MEAT+POULTRY podcast, Dustin Aherin, animal protein analyst of Rabobank AgriFinance, discussed the meat and poultry markets \\u2013 past, present and future.

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First, Aherin touched on how consumers are spending their latest stimulus money and how it could affect the meat market at foodservice and retail.

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Aherin also talked about how export markets and the supply chain are faring as the threat of the pandemic began to wane. He discussed China\\u2019s emergence as a major exporter and how the United States is balancing beef and pork exports to certain countries around the world.

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Finally, Aherin discussed what goes into his job as an animal protein analyst.

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