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US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money (www.bbc.com)
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With US beef prices soaring to record highs, you might think that South Dakota cattle rancher Eric Gropper would be celebrating.

Yet while the cost of the meat in US supermarkets is now 12% higher than it was a year ago, a rise more than three times the rate of general inflation, Gropper says that he and all the other beef farmers aren't making any more profit than usual.

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The dairy industry (probably as cruel as the egg industry, honestly) is why we have veal,

hardly any calves end up as veal at all.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

lol what?

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children) 
thousands_of_head_of_cows = 9448.0
actual_cows = 1000 * thousands_of_head_of_cows
annual_male_calves = .5 * actual_cows
veal_weight_of_calves_in_pounds = 260
annual_veal_production_in_millions_of_pounds = 58
annual_percentage_of_bobby_calves_that_become_veal = ((annual_veal_production_in_millions_of_pounds * 1000000) / (veal_weight_of_calves_in_pounds * annual_male_calves))*100
print(annual_percentage_of_bobby_calves_that_become_veal)

4.722204129486094%

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

imagine shrugging those numbers off, assuming they're even close to the reality. that's a lot of babies to separate from their mothers, and a ton of throats to slash, are you chipping in or what?

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they're not babies, they're calves. if you can get me some other figures I'd be happy to look at them. but the numbers I found support exactly what I said: hardly any calves end up as veal at all.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

so you're not helping? head down to your local slaughterhouse and tell the migrants and refugees who work there and dead-eyed capitalists who run it that you're a massive fan of their work. maybe they'll let you have a few turns!