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2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat is Piling up in the US as Exports Slow Down

posted by martyb on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-a-meat-wave! dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

WKBW-TV reports:

Some new numbers are showing that the U.S. has more than 2.5 billion lbs [1.1 million metric tons] of meat in cold storage warehouses, and it's all because Americans aren't eating enough to keep up with supply.

Another reason is that the trade situation is chipping away at global demand.

[...] The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects the industry will produce a record 102.7 billion pounds of meat this year.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:24AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:24AM (#712949)

    That's a little less than 3.5kg/person in the US (and far less than the amount in my freezer). Maybe if they lowered the prices a bit. It's about 1 week of meat for a family of 4.

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  • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:25AM (2 children)

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:25AM (#712996)

    For comparison:

    While I have no data, perhaps someone can correct me, but I suspect that we in the UK eat less than 1kg per head per week (ration was about 100g per head during WW2),
    and that we have about 2 days "storage" in place - ie roughly what is in transit from farm to place.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:32PM (#713199)

      Yes, it's on the high side, but I think a lot less than what most people ear here. Recommended is ~700g/day for a family of 4.

    • (Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:16PM

      by SunTzuWarmaster (3971) on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:16PM (#713276)

      Whoa. My family eats roughly 0.5 lbs/person for dinner alone (1lb of ground beef in spaghetti for the two of us). That puts us around 1.58kg/adult/week for dinner alone. My family would be well over *twice* what you folks eat.

      InB4 "fat Americans" - This is not a fat family. I'm around 13% body fat nowadays and an amateur-level gymnast (B-class skills). My wife is non-athletic, probably 25% BF, and general eats less meat than I do (and less overall). Personally, I'm probably pretty well over 0.5kg/day, which is crazy to think that I'm eating your weeks' quota every 2 days.

      Data shows that I'm a bit high, but that the average American is at 0.3kg/day, and 2 kg/week. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/americans-meat-consumption-set-to-hit-a-record-in-2018/ [seattletimes.com]

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by stretch611 on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:33PM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:33PM (#713200)

    If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! [youtube.com]

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