Posted on 06/09/2020 3:54:11 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Americans are kicking their meat-eating habit, and it’s all thanks to the novel coronavirus.
That’s according to researchers at the University of Missouri’s Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute, who predict this year’s per-capita meat consumption will fall for the first time since 2014. Higher prices and a reduction in disposable income will hurt demand for beef, pork and turkey, while Americans will eat marginally more chicken.
The decline is a turnaround for a nation known for its cheap burgers and chicken wings. It also comes as a survey showed that more than half of Americans think the food industry should focus more on meat-free foods to ease shortages caused by the spread of the virus among meat workers.
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I don’t remember the media hawking stories about Americans being less able to afford eat meat during Obama’s ‘reign’.
Good to know there’s only a 5 year “secrecy clause” for some of Obama’s failures.
As suspected, this is calculated to 1) spur hoarding 2)demoralize carnivores and omnivores & 3)incukcate a total lie.
How is it a lie?
from the article (such as it is):
Consumers are paying more as some plants are operating below capacity to maintain social distancing, while packers are facing higher costs to supply protective equipment including masks and plexiglass dividers. All of that means animals are backing up on the farm, hurting wholesale prices for everything from cattle to hogs at a time the market was already expected to be oversupplied.
Chicken prices are expected to decline 15% this year “in response to larger supplies and demand weakness,” researchers said in a report Tuesday. Hog prices will fall about 10% and steer costs by almost 3% largely due to reduced demand from restaurants and meat-plant closures.
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TL;DR: Costs are going up. Prices are coming down. Sourced from Bloomberg.
Making a nice slow roasted duck tonight, a nice steak tomorrow. Long live life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Not in mine either. We haven’t noticeably changed anthinge except for some new recipes due to having more time to cook.
Well, let all of the lemmings slash their meat consumption. The lower the sales, the faster the price will fall and the more for the rest of us who don’t subscribe to the scamdemic.
I’m actually eating more meat then ever.
Same here!
Had T-Bone yesterday. SAV A LOT had them on sale for $3.99/lb a couple weeks ago. 1” think...awesome.
Publix was actually stocked today! We got chicken breasts, steaks, tenderloins—two pork and two turkey—plus some country ribs! That’ll keep us till next week or so.
I have no shortage of meat. Fifty pounds plus of venison cuts and hamburger in the freezer.
I have a baked potato in the oven, broccoli ready to steam and a New York Strip ready to grill....accompanied by a nice glass of red wine.
Good Deal!
More for us!!!
Notice the uptick in the virus stories? Floyd buried. Time to
Pivot back to the virus.
Looks wonderful. Mine won’t have that carefully preened photo look, but will be just as good over a bed of rice and apricots, side of salad.
the ‘researchers’ forgot to look at the sales of deepfreezers.
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