LIVESTOCK & POULTRY: The forecast for 2022 red meat and poultry production is raised from last month as higher beef, 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 ...
8 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, LDP-M-320, February 16, 2021 USDA, Economic Research Service Dairy Jerry Cessna Recap of the 2020 Dairy Situation 2020 was a year of unprecedented volatility in U.S. dairy markets. Weekly average wholesale Cheddar cheese prices (as reported in the ...
Furthermore, drought conditions and higher operating costs have encouraged the rapid culling of beef cows in first-quarter 2022 to levels not seen in decades. Also, based on USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service reports for actual weekly slaughter under Federal inspection, April 2022 showed the highes...
In FY 2020, the agency inspected more than 166 million head of livestock and 9.68 billion poultry carcasses. Additionally, FSIS inspected 2.5 billion pounds of liquid, frozen, and dried egg products. FSIS inspection program personnel also conducted 7.3 million food safety and food defense proce...