(November 3, 2015 at 7:42 pm)Skeletor Wrote:(November 3, 2015 at 7:22 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Secondly, I've heard that beef production in the US has been declining in the last several years, and that overall meat consumption is declining as well.
That may well be - at least in part - because the stuff is getting outlandishly expensive. If I were feeding a family on a tight budget, beef would certainly not be what's for dinner, you know?
I've heard the arrow of causation goes the other way - that the price of beef has gone up because production has gone down.

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