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re: Beef prices in focus as President Trump signs order aimed at consumer relief
Posted on 2/10/26 at 3:28 pm to NC_Tigah
Posted on 2/10/26 at 3:28 pm to NC_Tigah
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US cattle herd culling is responsible for the current skyrocketing US beef prices.
Herd culling has a long lag effect as well. I don't remember the exact timeline, but it takes a cow around 18 months to hit reproductive age, then gestation is another 9 months. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can correct those timelines if I'm off.
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Posted on 2/10/26 at 3:35 pm to Ag Zwin
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but I need a recipe for the shrimp that doesn't require a bunch of ingredients
Simple version. Peel jumbo shrimp (do not get it already peeled). Just dump them in a large bowl full of bread crumbs. Stir with hands and let sit about 10 minutes while you heat oil in pot or skillet. I only put one layer of shrimp at a time so I can turn each over for even browning.
I don't use any seasoning before frying. That's in dipping sauce when serving. Also.. don't junk the shells after peeling. Put them in pot of water to simmer for 10-15 minutes on low heat and then drain and put in freezer. This makes shrimp stock that is MUCH superior to any canned seafood stock. I use this for seafood soup or stew dishes...like courtbullion.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:07 pm to IH8ThreePutts
We're at 70 year lows in cattle heard size, despite adding 100 MILLION people to our population. There's no beef for them to process.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:18 pm to 3down10
quote:Eggs are ~30% cheaper than they were at Trump's inauguration.
Ok, then why are eggs still 2.5 times more than they were 6 years ago?
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:20 pm to j1897
quote:EXACTLY.
We're at 70 year lows in cattle heard size, despite adding 100 MILLION people to our population. There's no beef for them to process.
Per capita we're at lows not seen since the 1800's
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:25 pm to Purple Spoon
quote:They haven't self-corrected in the 5 yrs since they started climbing during the pandemic. What time frame do you feel should be given to the industry to self-correct exceptionally high prices? 8 yrs? 10 yrs? more?
I am generally not a fan of this at all. This may be some short term fix to pacify people in the grocery stores but the answer is not more government intervention. If the government would go long enough without screwing around with the markets they would self correct.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:29 pm to RT1941
quote:You have to understand the cause. Do you?
They haven't self-corrected in the 5 yrs since they started climbing during the pandemic. What time frame do you feel should be given to the industry
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:45 pm to IH8ThreePutts
quote:Tyson isn’t selling steaks at the grocery store. They make money based on the gap between what they pay for cattle and what they can sell the processed beef for, plus how efficiently a plant runs. If a plant has high costs, it can still lose money even when beef is expensive for consumers.
This past November Tyson Foods announced the closure of a beef processing plant in Nebraska cutting 4500 jobs and scaling back at a plant in Amarillo cutting a couple of thousand jobs. Seems odd that Tyson needed to make those drastic cuts.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 5:03 pm to NC_Tigah
It also doesn’t help that we punish the generational family farms that have been in the family for generations. At some point cattle farmers simply can’t compete. They sell off the herd, and then the land to developers who build housing and commercial properties on the land.. these lands are a finite resource. Every time we convert these lands into developments, we reduce the available acreage available to feed a nation.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 5:13 pm to Clyde Tipton
If only every FTC chair was like Lina Khan... consumers may actually have a shot at getting quality competition between entities instead of dealing monopoly price manipulation
Posted on 2/10/26 at 5:16 pm to Clyde Tipton
I sure have a hard time believing people aren't making money in the cattle business right now. I know I'm only familiar with small scale, but still
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