Meatless Hurdles Efforts to guilt people into switching from meat to meat substitutes may have more hurdles than have been commonly understood. Consumer focus work by the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden’s Bioeconomy & Health revealed some notable consumer attitudes toward switching from the real to the contrived. Many involved questions around unintended consequences:
What will happen to the farm animals if we stop using them for food?
Expectations about the quality, tase and texture of meat are consistently met, but are they with the substitutes?
Are we not omnivores that have eaten meat throughout history? What are the long run consequences to the human body from quitting meat and eating a lot of other stuff?...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices extended their rally today, supported by several developments, including escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure and growing concerns about supply disruptions. The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to remove 50 perc...
Key Takeaways: The agricultural trade surplus has become a sizable deficit: the balance swung from a $40.1 billion surplus in 2011 to a $40.7 billion deficit in 2025. Imports kept growing while exports lost momentum: between 2020 and 2025, agricultural imports increased 45 percent, compa...
USDA released its October Cattle on Feed report Friday, showing 11.4 million cattle in feedlots with capacity for 1,000 head or more, slightly below last year. September placements were the lowest for the month since records began in 1996, marking the third consecutive month of placements sett...
Total Red Meat & Poultry September 2026 total red meat and poultry stocks totaled 1.97 billion pounds, down 1.4 percent from August despite typically increasing 0.8 percent during the month, and were 1.5 percent below September 2025 levels. The decline pushed total inventories to a new five...
