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The USDA reports that beef production in 2024 is forecast to be about 3% lower than in 2023, and last year also marked the fifth straight year of a decrease in available beef cows.
Uncooked beef roasts led that monthly jump with a 6.5% increase from June to July. Beef steaks were up 2.3%, while other cuts of beef and veal were up 3.6%.
Prices in restaurants are rising across the spectrum, from top-notch eateries to fast food chain Wendy's, which has raised the price of its quarter pound burger by 4-8 cents in the past year.
The president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association told The Washington Post that "If testing is allowed at Creekstone, we think it would become the international standard and the domestic standard, too." [1] Creekstone Farms says tests cost about $20 per animal, increasing the cost of beef by about 10 cents per pound. The USDA currently ...
The boycott rose out of small, local organizations of consumers across the country as prices for meat rose dramatically. [4] [5] These groups were primarily female led, as women traditionally bought the groceries for their households, and these groups grew both from people that only joined together around this issue and already existing women's and community groups.
The current spread accounts for about three-fourths of the retail price for a market basket of foods, according to USDA. The farm value varies for each type of food; for example, in 2004, it accounted for about 35% of the retail cost of eggs, compared to about 19% for fresh fruit and vegetables, and about 6% for cereal and bakery products.
The country's cattle inventory is shrinking and has been for a while. In its third straight yearly drop, the latest cattle report by the United States Department of Agriculture found that as of ...
To achieve this, Future Meat stated in February 2020 that it sought to bring down the price of producing cultured meat to $10 per pound by 2022. [4] In January 2020, Quartz found around 30 cultured meat startups, and that Memphis Meats, Just Inc. and Future Meat Technologies were the most advanced because they were building pilot plants. [5] [6]