Beef herding in the US to fall to a 70-year low

North American consultants affirm that it will decline for the fifth consecutive year, reaching 87 million heads. Beef consumption will also continue to decline until 2025, after the peak in 2022, due to its lower availability and higher prices in relation to other animal proteins. The jump in productivity since the 70s. Beef herding in the United States will fall for the fifth consecutive year to January 1, 2024, according to projections from Steiner Consulting Group presented this week at the annual meeting of the Meat Importers Council of America (MICA), according to the reproduction made by FaxCarne . Steiner estimates the herd will fall 2.7% annually to 86.9 million head, the lowest in 70 years, since the early 1950s. The decline will occur in all categories, with breeding cows of meat breeds contracting 2.5% annually to 28.2 million. The recovery of the breeding herd could begin from 2025. The expectation is that the slaughter of beef breed cows will contract to 17.3% of the ...