Beef prices soar to all-time high

Yeah, IF the higher prices caused consumers to eat less beef, but that's not necessarily going to happen.

all of agriculture is about 1/5 of our ghge, and we need to eat. let's shut down the war machines before we start telling poor people they need to change their lifestyles

Don't compare it to other meats. Compare it to corn, wheat, spinach, etc.

Its magnitudes worse than normal food.

There is an obvious solution to needing this amount of food worldwide though.

Indeed. I feel that way about most articles/posts about "$15 doLLaR BIg MaC!!1" You're telling me I'm supposed to be mad that people have to pay more money for less disgusting fast food? No, fuck that. Triple the prices on everything across the board and cut portions down to a third. Maybe then those people will get the message to cook something lean, fresh and healthy at home. /rant

The cause is 100% the orange morons tariffs on this one.

Beef prices are cyclical. This is because beef producers have a lag time between price increases and their ability to increase their herds (2-3 years).

Historically when beef prices go up, domestic producers sell down their herds to capitalize on the higher pricing. Then imports increase to meet the demand and prices slump. It's usually only a year or two of high prices and 7-8 years of low prices. Producers are conditioned to sell down their herds when prices are high then slowly rebuild them when prices are low.

Enter the orange moron:

Prices were at a normal cyclical high when he started throwing his tantrum and shitting in his diaper. With all the tariffs, producers in other countries decreased their stocking levels.. So prices are soaring.

Demand has remained stable because the largest market is fast food chains. Guess who has spent the past 5 years jacking up prices and making record corporate profits?

Now for more bad news.

Hay prices are beyond depressed. With the decrease in herd size this is normal as supply increases. Again the export market usually absorbs the supply readily with the cheaper pricing. Then as beef prices fall, hay prices climb as producers rebuild their herds. Except the orange moron stepped in and killed the export market. So prices are very low, and supply is very high. We are talking high enough that there will be a shit ton of "mysterious" hay stack fires this fall for insurance claims.

Beef producers and hay producers are often the same operation. Since hay is worthless right now they can not build up their herds and have to keep selling animals to make ends meet.

So the prices at the store are only going to climb higher. Meanwhile the producers are stuck facing diminishing returns as their herd size decreases.

In summary, beans are looking pretty affordable right now.

Don't forget the recent moves to outlaw lab-grown meat.

If by fine you mean "destroying the Amazon to keep eating steaks" then yes, you're correct

Hmm idk about that. Where I'm from, 500g of minced beef is over 7 euros, and everyone I know has basically stopped buying beef, bc it's not worth it anymore. And we are historically a big consumer of beef. Tbh less beef consumption is probably a good thing, in the grand scheme of things, but that doesn't stop people complaining about it ofc.

Here in Denmark meat has become a lot more expensive the past couple of years.
500g used to be a standard package almost everywhere, but now 500g is reduced to 400g, and despite being 20% smaller, it is more expensive!

But at least prices have stabilized here, while the opposite seems to be the case in USA.

Drives me crazy that "beans" isn't listed on the "protein" section of restaurants.

Never stop winning.

Yesterday i made rice with beans and i used to eat that to save money or i didn't have anything else. Now i just absolutely enjoy it.

The price of beans and lentils in my area have tripled in the last 2 years.

Even rice is getting expensive

I know you're fucking around, but we... did get the laptop? That's what the whole laptop controversy was about- the contents of the laptop.

Trump is imposing tariffs on Brazil, and Brazil is one of the biggest beef producers in the world and the biggest choice producer, so that explains those two

It's a golden age of profiteering.

And mexico paid for the wall 10 years ago

Yes, historically low. I now only pay $8/dz versus back in history (few months ago) I was paying $12/dz. Thanks Trump! My stupid ass father in law actually said something like this recently.

High five bean buddy!

Yeah, I haven't bought beef that I recall in over a year now. Had it for the first time in ages last week at my wife's parents' house and her friend's BBQ. Eating it only a couple of times makes the taste that much better when I do, but man was quitting it several times a week hard.

They'll eat each other before that happens.

The ones that can afford it will still run around telling anyone else, from vegans, to the merely plant-based curious, to those just cutting out red meat for the blatantly obvious health reasons that they'll eat more meat for them. Because that's such a knee-slapper.

The ones that cannot afford it will whine that they "aren't getting their protein" (🤦‍♂️ and FFS, the way "protein" is marketed in this country is truly absurd) because of Joe Biden, Obama, Hillary, the gays, drag queen story hour, the Bilderbergers, etc., because the amorphous THEY want them to eat bugs and own nothing, or whatever the fuck the black helicopter crowd is saying these days.

The carrot: prices are too high, lentils and beans are much cheaper

The stick: ticks spreading veganism

But instead states are rushing to ban lab meat.

The only beef we should grow is luxury beef. Think waguy and that shit.

Normal people don’t need to eat beef daily, there’s no need

Much better? You ever been around the hog and chicken barns?