What's causing record high US beef prices?
The meat has never been more expensive, due to supply shortages, but no-one is making more money.
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"I'm able to pay my bills, but my input costs are so drastically high that if we didn't have these record prices we'd all be broke."
— Eric Gropper , Other
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The meat has never been more expensive, due to supply shortages, but no-one is making more money.
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