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What’s the Beef About Beef? Price, Supply & Sustainability
Why does beef cost more today—and why can’t ranchers simply produce more cattle?
In this episode of Rooted & Restless, Marianne Smith Edge talks with Sarah Klopatek, PhD, livestock scientist, owner of Klopatek Livestock Solutions and adjunct professor at Colorado State University, about the economic and environmental pressures shaping the U.S. beef supply.
Sarah takes us beyond the grocery store price tag to the ranch, where a smaller cattle herd, drought, shrinking grasslands and processing capacity all affect beef supply and prices. They also tackle beef and sustainability—from methane and…
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