Beef is very popular in the US where there are more than 800,000 cattle producers and ranchers, as well as more than 94 million heads of cattle.
Here are some lesser known statistics of the beef market news:
⮚ 6 million Americans eat beef every day.
⮚ Ribeye steak, strip steak and T-bone steak are the most popular beef products.
⮚ 70% of food service operators consider adding steak on the menu increases traffic.
⮚ One-third of all farms and ranches in the country include cattle. The most beef cows can be found in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri, but they are raised in all 50 states.
⮚ Most of the beef farms are individually operated or family-owned.
⮚ The land in the US used for pasture and rangeland represent more than 40%.
⮚ The average herd size is >43, and the average farm size is > 440 acres.
⮚ US farmers produce almost 20% of the world’s beef.
⮚ The top importers of US beef are Mexico, Japan, and South Korea.
⮚ Regardless of the current concerns, US beef represents only 2% of the gas emissions at the national level, and the carbon footprint of a unit of beef has decreased by more than 16% in the past 40 years.
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