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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 ...
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.
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.
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%.
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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.
Last year, beef and pork prices were up an average of 6%, hitting carnivores' wallets hard every time they were at the grocery store. With wholesale meat prices already up 25% more than last year ...
In August he sold 600-pound steer calves for November delivery at $1 a pound. But last week, comparable-size winter steers in his part of southern Colorado sold at $1.28 a pound.