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Chicken and Pork Prices Going down

By January 29, 2024No Comments

Processing soybeans to make the plant-based jet fuel and diesel necessary to lower US emissions also creates a co-product — soymeal, widely used in animal feed.

Bloomberg reports, “The less expensive it is for meatpackers to feed their animals, the more meat they’ll produce, ultimately trickling down to lower prices at the grocery store.”

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