The unrest in the Ukraine along with the U.S. putting sanctions on Russia related to their annexing of the Crimean Peninsula has effected trade. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall says they were hoping to get U.S. beef back into the Russian market however tensions have put that on hold.

Woodall says it’s gotten to the point where the focus is totally away from trade or even feeding people.

Both the United States and Russia have invoked sanctions on each other so the future of any trade is up in the air.