Max Armstrong shares that the grain industry doesn't always watch what's happening to exports of beef and pork. Max offers information from the U.S. Meat Export Federation that showed that beef and pork exports boosted corn value by 41 cents, and more than $1 for soybeans. He looks at how livestock boost demand for key grains – corn and soybeans.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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