How High Is Too High for Today’s Beef Consumer?

About this episode

The episode discusses consumer reactions to rising beef prices with insights from leading beef economists.

In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from three leading beef economists — Dr. Derrell Peel, Don Close, and Nevil Speer — about one of the biggest questions facing the cattle business today: at what point, if any, will consumers back away from beef prices that continue climbing higher? … Continue reading The post How High Is Too High for Today’s Beef Consumer? first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report .

People in this episode

Host: Ron Hays

Guests: Dr. Derrell Peel, Don Close, Nevil Speer

Topics covered

• beef prices
• consumer behavior
• cattle business
• economics
• market trends

Keywords

• beef consumer
• cattle prices
• economists
• Ron Hays
• market analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oklahoma Farm Report

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