Beef/Cattle:Drought and forage conditions led to an increase in expected cow and bull slaughter during 2022, offsetting lower expected fed cattle slaughter and raising 2022 production to 27.8 billion. Based on anticipated tight supplies of cattle next year, 2023 beef production is expected to declin...
broiler, and turkey forecasts for the fourth quarter are partly offset by lower pork. Beef production is raised with higher expected cattle slaughter as well as heavier carcass weights. Pork production is lowered on lighter carcass weights. Broiler and turkey production are raised on current...
USDA bans slaughter of downer cattleNeil Nisperos
Approved by USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board Beef/Cattle: The pace of cattle slaughter is up about 3.7 percent in early-2021, and average cattle carcass weights in January are up about 18 pounds above last year. These factors raised the first-half 2021 production forecast. Greater ...