Grocery shoppers to see lower beef prices for second year in a row

The mid-summer count of the U.S. cattle inventory was the largest in nine years, which means more beef production and lower beef prices in the supermarket for the second year in a row. “Lower beef prices are most likely adding pressure to lower pork prices,” say USDA economists in the monthly Food Price Outlook. Beef… » Read More

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