Western drought is driving beef prices through the roof. This is just a prologue to the far more serious food-supply disruptions a hotter planet will bring.
Source: simon_ritchie2000
Western drought is driving beef prices through the roof. This is just a prologue to the far more serious food-supply disruptions a hotter planet will bring.
Source: simon_ritchie2000
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From Bloomberg Opinion (gift link above):
“President Donald Trump’s war and tariffs are playing a huge role in pushing ordinary ground chuck prices to Wagyu-like levels. But beneath those relatively short-term shocks are the long-term effects of a heating planet. Every trip we take to the grocery store offers a lesson about how climate extremes on the other side of the continent or planet can hit our wallets. And beef is only the start.”
I’m not broke or suffering financially, but I haven’t bought a steak or a cut of beef in ages, $90 for 4 ribeyes or $16 for four double cut bone in pork chops.
I swear a lot of the beef in the store isn’t even getting sold.
The cows don’t want to be eaten anyway.
Maybe everyone should stop (or reducde) eating beef since it is one of the easiest ways to cut carbon footprint too.
The entirety of the south, east to west is [in a sizable drought](https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx), with no immediate relief in sight.
Ruh-roh Shaggy!
The only beef I like is NY Strip and even then I’m probably gonna choose pork or chicken over it.