 This is Agriculture Today. The labor contract for Longshoremen working east and Gulf Coast ports expires later this year, and right now the two sides are not even at the bargaining table. U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Hallstrom explains why this is a growing concern for meat exporters and for all of U.S. agriculture. The five-year labor contract for the East Coast and Gulf Coast Longshoremen is expiring this September, and it's disappointing that recently the negotiations have broken down