Patrick Cudahy, located in Cudahy, Wisconsin, in the 4th Congressional District, attended the 2007 and 2008 Midwest Buyers Missions, sponsored by Food Export-Midwest, where they met one-on-one with buyers from Costa Rica in 2007 and Colombia in 2008. Through the contacts made at these two Food Export-Midwest events, the company is currently working on a new export sale to Colombia valued at $250,000 and is expecting an additional $50,000 sale to Costa Rica in the next year. The company has also taken advantage of the no-cost Food Export Helpline service to assist them with navigating exporting regulations and determining their HS codes for use in Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

For 121 years, Patrick Cudahy has been producing a line of Sweet Apple-Wood smoked flavored meat products, including raw and pre-cooked bacon, cooked deli and retail hams, dry sausages, gourmet style sausages, and a full line of lard and shortening products.

Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast are private, non-profit associations of Midwestern and Northeastern state agricultural promotion agencies that use federal, state, and industry resources to promote the export of Midwestern and Northeastern food and agricultural products. Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast administer many services through Market Access Program (MAP) funding from the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service.