The United States and European Union have reached an agreement in principle to allow U.S. farmers a share of the E.U.’s annual 45,000-ton quota for hormone-free beef imports. South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association President Steve Ollerich says that’s a good first step in possibly establishing more market share for U.S. beef in that market.

He says a final trade agreement with the E.U. won’t come overnight.

However, Ollerich says once the European consumers get a taste of U.S. beef, they’ll want even more of it.

Negotiations to include the U.S. in the EU beef market started in September of last year as the Trump administration starting to work out a bi-lateral trade deal with the EU.