Meat price


The meat price refers to the price of meat.

History

After the industrialisation of livestock farming, production of meat as well as consumption increased greatly. We now eat about twice the amount of meat we did in the early 1960's and well before the 1960's, it was considered a treat.

Inexpensive meats

Inexpensive meat or cheap meat include e.g. fatty cuts of lamb or mutton

Factors influencing the price of meat

Factors influencing the price of meat include supply and demand, subsidies, hidden costs,, taxes, quotas or non-material costs of meat production. Non-material costs can be related to issues such as animal welfare. Hidden costs of meat production can be related to the environmental impact of meat production and to the effect on human health. Critics of the meat industry often point to these aspects as a problem.