{"id":2150,"date":"2023-03-21T10:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:26:56","slug":"as-food-shortages-mount-us-cattle-inventory-forecast-falls-to-lowest-level-in-nearly-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2150","title":{"rendered":"As Food Shortages Mount, US Cattle Inventory Forecast Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">While the powers-that-be move to make us eat crickets, lab-grown meat, or no protein at all, it&#8217;s these subtle attacks on the food supply that will make tremendous impacts in the future.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2151\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88.png 1000w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88-770x385.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88-585x293.png 585w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88-293x147.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-88-390x195.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;We just launched the only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wholecows.com\/\">frozen AND freeze-dried beef company in America<\/a>. As we sell the first 10 cows we slaughtered this week, EVERYTHING is on sale at the lowest price they\u2019ll ever be. Use promo code \u201cnocrickets\u201d at checkout to get an additional 15% off the only packages in America that include both frozen beef so you can eat well today and freeze-dried beef for long-term storage so you can eat well tomorrow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Declining cattle production and drought contributed to a sizable drop in beef supplies last year, the lowest in nearly a decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t wait for beef to become more scarce. Stock up with the only American company that sells frozen AND freeze-dried beef in the same package.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wholecows.com\/\">This America First, veteran-owned company<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is ready to help you eat well today and eat well tomorrow. Use promo code \u201cnocrickets\u201d for 15% off at checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Jan. 1, there were 89.3 million head of cattle, down 3 percent from a year ago; and 29 million beef cows bred for slaughter in the United States, down 4 percent from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTotal red meat and poultry production in 2023 is forecast to decrease for the first time in nearly a decade,\u201d the USDA said in its bi-annual livestock, dairy, and poultry outlook released in early March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is due to the 6-percent decline in beef production that more than offsets forecast increases in pork (2 percent), broiler meat (1 percent), and turkey (7 percent) production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report said dwindling cattle production would likely cause a \u201csignificant year-over-year decrease in beef production, the first decline since 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the USDA expects pork supplies to increase in 2023 after two consecutive years of decline due to higher carcass weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBroiler meat production is forecast to continue its longstanding upward trends into 2023, increasing marginally over last year\u2019s record production,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTurkey production is expected to increase throughout 2023, under the assumption that the sector recovers from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 89.3 million head inventory, about 38 million cows and heifers produced calves in 2022, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cNations, states, and central banks are quietly but rapidly shifting their money to precious metals. With bank runs, recession, CBDCs, and worse on the horizon, it\u2019s easy to see why. NOW is the time to learn more about moving portions of your retirement or wealth to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/genesispreciousmetals.com\/\">self-directed gold and silver IRA through an America-First, Christian precious metals company<\/a>.\u201d \u2013 JD Rucker (not a financial advisor, just a guy who\u2019s paying attention)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the USDA, drought conditions contributed to the yearly decline in the beef cow inventory last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile 2019 was the second-wettest year on record for the continental United States, after 1973, dry conditions began to persist in 2020, mostly in the West and Plains farm production regions,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOverall, drought has contributed to reduced pasture and range conditions, and increased beef and cow slaughter. Any changes to the current drought conditions will likely impact inventory numbers in the coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that 41.5 percent of the continental United States experienced moderate to exceptional drought during the third week of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the agency\u2019s three-month outlook in February said those conditions could persist in more than 34 percent of the lower 48 states, \u201cwith drought development likely in 8.9 percent of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other report findings showed that the number of milk cows had increased to 9.4 million in 2022, while the calf crop had decreased by 2 percent from 2021 to about 35 million head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A higher forecast for beef cattle slaughter \u201cmore than offsets a decline in expected dressed weights, resulting in projected beef production being raised 165 million pounds to 26.7 billion pounds,\u201d the USDA reported. \u201cFed cattle prices in 2023 are raised to $162 per hundredweight on firm demand. The trade forecast for 2023 is unchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/americafirstreport.com\/as-food-shortages-mount-us-cattle-inventory-forecast-falls-to-lowest-level-in-nearly-a-decade\/\">https:\/\/americafirstreport.com\/as-food-shortages-mount-us-cattle-inventory-forecast-falls-to-lowest-level-in-nearly-a-decade\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the powers-that-be move to make us eat crickets, lab-grown meat, or no protein at all, it&#8217;s these subtle attacks on the food supply that will make tremendous impacts in the future. Editor\u2019s Note:&nbsp;We just launched the only&nbsp;frozen AND freeze-dried beef company in America. As we sell the first 10 cows we slaughtered this week, EVERYTHING is on sale at the lowest price they\u2019ll ever be. 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