The US Has a 2.5 Billion-Pound Surplus of Meat.

[marble falls]

The US Has a 2.5 Billion-Pound Surplus of Meat. Let’s Try to Visualize That
You thought the US cheese surplus was huge? Get a load of the excess meat.

July 31, 2018 Brian Resnick and Javier Zarracina Vox
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https://portside.org/2018-07-31/us-has-25-billion-pound-surplus-meat-lets-try-visualize

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US dairy producers now have a 1.39 billion-pound surplus of cheese, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture. As the Washington Post has noted, that’s the largest domestic reserve of cheddar, Swiss, American, and other cheese varieties on record.

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A similar glut exists for the meat industry. According to new data from the USDA, American meat producers now have 2.5 billion pounds of chicken, turkey, pork, and beef in cold storage, which is also a record, according to the Wall Street Journal. And producers are running out of warehouse space to store it all.

The meat stockpile is in part, the Journal reports, because of newly implemented Chinese and Mexican tariffs on American pork. These were set in retaliation for tariffs the Trump administration placed on Mexican and Chinese steel, among other goods. With slowing exports — and increased beef and poultry production partially due to falling prices of grain — American meat producers have more product in the freezer. Though that might be good news for American consumers, as meat prices are likely to drop a bit at the grocery store. (As Vox’s Tara Golshan reports, the escalating trade conflicts will likely impact the dairy industry as well.)

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[catrose]

1. But people are hungry

[VarryOn]

2. Is this article from 2018? Nt

[cinematicdiversions]

7. Yes it is...

Which means that the information about a surplus could be at this time worthless.

[VarryOn]

8. That's what I suspected. Nt

[GoCubsGo]

3. I keep hearing claims of a chicken shortage.

It's apparently affecting only the restaurant industry. And, grocery store prices sure aren't reflecting any sort of "glut." Except maybe with store brand domestic cheeses.

I am surprised that Biden has not reversed The Syphilitic, Orange Ballsack's tariffs. I suspect that will be coming soon enough, though.

[Ron Green]

4. The Overall Relationship Between Humans and the Planet is Completely Out of Balance,

especially in “developed” countries.

[ornotna]

5. This story is from 2018

Not sure we still have this surplus.

[RegularJam]

6. A bit of good news came about from the surplus.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/708170939/food-banks-are-dealing-with-a-surplus-of-meat-milk-and-cheese

Is a virtual farm subsidy. Even though farmers know they are going to be stockpiling it they continue to increase production.

https://www.fooddive.com/news/usda-to-purchase-470m-in-surplus-meat-dairy-and-produce/577326/

[lastlib]

9. If there's bacon, I have a big freezer!.......

[dweller]

10. 2018 ?

dayum, and I was looking for a big barbecue and fondue party
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[Celerity]

11. Article is soon 3 years old and is time constrained, so no longer useful.

[lame54]

12. If you eat it in one sitting is it free?