I Love meat. My strategy is to eat less meat, but better meat. I’m never going to be a proper vegetarian, but I figure if I only eat meat 1-2 times a week that’s a 60-80% reduction right there.
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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I'm an almost vegetarian and this is something I don't understand about most people who eat lots of meat, the stuff they eat is often poor quality because good meat is actually expensive. Limit it to once a week and it will be better if you spend the same plus you have something to look forward to.
Climate change is coming for your steak.
I'm fine with eating way less red meat, it's bad for my health anyways.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
CHICAGO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the nation's cattle herd to its lowest level in decades, tightening margins for meat companies like Tyson Foods (TSN.N).
U.S. beef exports are projected to sink 14% this year from 2022 to 3 billion pounds (about 1.4 million metric tons), the lowest since COVID-19 roiled meat processing and international trading in 2020, government data show.
In 2024, when USDA expects U.S. production to decline further due to tight cattle supplies, exports are forecast to hit an eight-year low of 2.8 billion pounds.
U.S. beef exporters such as Tyson, Cargill (CARG.UL) and JBS (JBSS3.SA) face a "double whammy" from higher prices and strength in the U.S. dollar, which makes American products less attractive to other countries, said Pete Bonds, a Texas-based cattle producer.
Tyson CEO Donnie King in August warned low cattle inventories were leading to difficult export market conditions.
The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct. 1 was up 1.3% from a year earlier, signaling that producers are fattening them for slaughter instead of keeping them on farms to reproduce.
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Ban all food exports everywhere. Let me eat American made steak from ranchers who don't have share holders or future contracts. The total amount of meat will decrease, the amount of wasted meat will decrease, and meat will still be available to individuals who want it and shit like McDonalds or Tyson won't be able to get it at a level that makes it profitable for them.