ANALYSIS: Production in Motion as Beef Pulls Back and Chicken Steps Forward
The July 2025 USDA outlook reveals diverging trajectories across the major protein sectors, with beef production continuing to pull back while broilers and pork fill the supply gap.
Beef output is forecast to decline by nearly 3 percent to 26.188 billion pounds, driven by lower slaughter rates and lighter carcass weights in the back half of the year. This contraction signals a tightening supply environment that has ripple effects across the broader protein complex.
Broiler production is moving in the opposite direction...
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