The company blamed media coverage of the hoof-and-mouth disease plaguing European cattle farmers for part of the decline, coupled with a surplus of both beef and pork for a decline in exports to Japan and South Korea, where it had strong sales last year.

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That is especially true since the second question -- Could someone deliberately infect American agriculture with BSE, Hoof and Mouth disease or perhaps plant viruses?

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