Supply is directly linked with demand and price. It is a triangle of commerce. If either of those lowers, then it is prudent to lower supply as well or face overhead.
However meat consumption is increasing in certain segments of the population. There is no guarantee this trend will continue especially since it’s unhealthy to eat so much of it.
The meat industry is heavily subsidized by governments of the world and is not sustainable with our planetary resources, we cannot keep clearing Amazonian forests for cattle ranching.
It’s important to note that the use of fur has dropped dramatically in recent years.
It will go away sooner if everyone stopped using leather.
You’re right, thanks for the polite discourse. My mind has been changed.
Thousands of people are going vegan every year thus the force of supply and demand would require the beef industry to scale back operations.
supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it doesn’t dictate production levels
Of course it does. That is the “supply” side.
Supply is directly linked with demand and price. It is a triangle of commerce. If either of those lowers, then it is prudent to lower supply as well or face overhead.
supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it does not dictate production. if you have some other theory, I’ll be happy to read it.
Sure, but global meat consumption is increasing, both overall and per-capita
However meat consumption is increasing in certain segments of the population. There is no guarantee this trend will continue especially since it’s unhealthy to eat so much of it.
The meat industry is heavily subsidized by governments of the world and is not sustainable with our planetary resources, we cannot keep clearing Amazonian forests for cattle ranching.
It’s important to note that the use of fur has dropped dramatically in recent years.
Eating meat is not unhealthy.
Eating too much of anything is unhealthy, but having chicken and eggs in your diet is certainly not unhealthy.