Forget the T-bone steak, or the pork spare ribs, for which the cuisine of U.S. carnivores is famous. America is poised to become a nation primarily of white meat eaters, as higher grain prices highlight the price competitiveness of poultry rearing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has said.
In a series of benchmark agricultural forecasts, the USDA has predicted poultry overtaking red meat – beef, lamb, mutton, pork and veal – in the American diet in 2018, overhauling a historic disadvantage which in 2009 totalled nearly 15 pounds per head.
Indeed, poultry consumption will continue to set historic highs, on a per capita basis, on its way to 106.9 pounds in a decade's time.
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