The USDA revised its late-June beef export sales figures down by roughly 90% after discovering the initial data was erroneous — down from 126,062 metric tons to 12,064 metric tons. The massive revision has raised fresh concerns about data quality at the agency following staff reductions under the Trump administration's federal restructuring. The post's scare quotes around 'error' suggest intentional misrepresentation by the agency, though the sources indicate this was a genuine data quality problem uncovered during normal reporting processes.