Beef export volumes rose by 86% last year, thanks partly to efforts to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease.

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In the first quarter, beef sales volumes fell 1.7% from a year earlier at 18, 000 grocery stores, supermarkets and other retail outlets tracked by market-research firm Nielsen Co.

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The exchange went offline to beef up its hardware to cope with trading volumes and stem the fall in value.

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