USDA continues to increase its forecasts for food price inflation for various grocery store items, led by beef and pork prices, but so far it has not raised the overall outlook for all foods ...
low prices for livestock producers and record profits for themselves. However, that’s where it stopped — and our elected ...
USDA initially expected 2022 egg prices to be down 0.5% to up 0.5%. While wholesale beef prices decreased by 3.6% in March 2022, USDA noted retail beef prices increased by 1%. “Wholesale pork ...
Though I am wary of the potential outcome of the two USDA actions, I am not one to say that USDA needs to go away. The ...
The USDA’s investigation into price-gouging aims to determine if consolidation in the grocery and meatpacking industries is ...
The USDA’s beef production outlook is noticeably higher from September. Third- and fourth-quarter 2024 production is forecast ...
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The report assesses that “beef is considered a luxury product by consumers and, thus, demand is expected to be more impacted by economic prospects than the price ... to the USDA, these are ...