There’s a lot of beef being produced in the US.

![](https://m.stacker.news/117158)

*https://ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=111038*

I thought there was a lot of meat production in the United States, but from what I read, that's not the case.

DP0604

60% of imported American BEEF comes from Australia, Canada, and Brazil 🥩

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=112657

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa

Consumption doesn’t seem to be going up, which makes it look like it’s just the price rising even though demand isn’t.

charts_and_numbers

US Beef Cow Inventory Stats

k00b

`related`: **60% of imported American BEEF comes from Australia, Canada, and Brazil 🥩** *https://stacker.news/items/1267589*

![](https://m.stacker.news/117153)
*https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=112657*

![](https://m.stacker.news/117154)
*https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa*

Consumption doesn’t seem to be going up, which makes it look like it’s just the price rising even though demand isn’t.