Russia has announced that it will ban U.S. beef and pork imports because of concerns surrounding the use of a feed additive that helps animals add lean mass rather than fat. But Russia’s decision won’t have an immediate sweeping impact on Iowa livestock producers, a livestock market expert at Iowa State University said this week.

Read the recent article by ISU News Service's Fred Love, which includes comment from Lee Schulz of the Department of Economics. http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2013/02/11/ractopamineban