CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoWill Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts saywww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkWill Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts saywww.npr.orgCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoIf there are any input cost savings, the meat packing megacorps are just going to pocket the difference anyway.
minus-squaremeat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoLess demand though. Enough People might avoid beef for the price to drop significantly.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours 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.
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!