Retail Meat Prices in Perspective (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Retail Meat Prices in Perspective (Classic Reprint) written by James E. Nix and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Retail Meat Prices in Perspective The beef cattle industry is at a critical point in the current cattle inventory cycle. Producers sustained heavy financial losses during most of the last 4 years as their costs held at relatively high levels while cattle prices were low. These losses, combined with droughts in many areas of the United States, caused a large reduction of the cattle herd. That reduction provided consumers with record large beef supplies at relatively low prices. The total cattle inventory was reduced from 132 million head in 1975 to million on January 1, 1978. A further reduction is expected this year. Initially, a herd sell-off increases beef supplies; sustained, it lowers the calf crop and resulting beef supplies. Beef production is now declining and beef prices are rising. This is putting producers back into a favorable financial situation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.