Beef Demand Remains Strong Despite Consumer Economic Concerns

About this episode

Ron Hays discusses consumer demand trends for beef with Dr. Glynn Tonsor, highlighting its strong performance despite economic concerns.

In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments with Dr. Glynn Tonsor about the latest consumer demand trends from the monthly Meat Demand Monitor and why beef continues to outperform other proteins. Tonsor, a livestock market economist at Kansas State University, works with both the beef and pork checkoff programs … Continue reading The post Beef Demand Remains Strong Despite Consumer Economic Concerns first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report .

People in this episode

Host: Ron Hays

Guest: Dr. Glynn Tonsor

Topics covered

• beef demand
• consumer trends
• livestock market
• economic concerns
• protein comparison

Keywords

• beef demand
• consumer trends
• Meat Demand Monitor
• livestock market
• economic concerns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kansas State University, Meat Demand Monitor

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