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Herd size and beef consumption to fall in the US

17/02/2012

High feed prices, the economic recession, and drought in the Southern Plains of the US have combined to reduce livestock farmers’ returns, according to a new report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). As a result, total US red meat production is projected to fall in 2012 and 2013. Combined with increasing exports, the result will be a...

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