Cattle ranching is significantly influenced by climate change, leading to high beef prices due to persistent drought affecting pasture availability. Ranchers are reducing herd sizes as grass production declines, resulting in decreased supply amid rising demand. Average prices of ground beef and steaks have reached their highest levels in a decade, attributed to climate inflation driven by extreme weather patterns. Experts predict that these cost increases for beef will persist for several years, highlighting the broader implications of climate change on the food system.
Average ground beef prices in city supermarkets surpassed $6 a pound in June, while the cost of uncooked beef steaks approached $11.50 a pound, the highest in a decade.
This is one indicator of how climate change will affect our food system, and it's playing itself out in beef right now.
US beef prices are spiking after years of drought in areas where cattle are raised, particularly in the southwestern US.
Scientists have found that global warming's higher temperatures make droughts more likely to happen in some places and more severe.
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