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.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday July 27 2018, @02:29AM
Dunno about lower down the chain, but at the retail grocery level, a lot of 'em are AFL-CIO. And when the union decided it was time to strike, the union achieved very little for said meatcutters, but sure enjoyed the union's cut (which is to say, 100%) of the wage increase. (Friend was a union meatcutter, so I had a ringside seat.)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.