CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWill Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts saywww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkWill Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts saywww.npr.orgCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoIf there are any input cost savings, the meat packing megacorps are just going to pocket the difference anyway.
minus-squaremeat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoLess demand though. Enough People might avoid beef for the price to drop significantly.
minus-squarefoodandart@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt’ll get cheap enough and then be sold for dog food.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days ago Less demand though. Especially once a few cases of mad cow disease start popping up in people who’ve eaten beef recently. Then the plummeting demand will lead to a glut of supply, and prices will actually go down! Brilliant 23-D chess move!
If there are any input cost savings, the meat packing megacorps are just going to pocket the difference anyway.
Less demand though. Enough People might avoid beef for the price to drop significantly.
It’ll get cheap enough and then be sold for dog food.
Especially once a few cases of mad cow disease start popping up in people who’ve eaten beef recently.
Then the plummeting demand will lead to a glut of supply, and prices will actually go down! Brilliant 23-D chess move!