The USDA says there was less red meat and poultry in cold storage at the end of 2021 than the end of 2020.

Red meat totaled 928.456 million pounds, a decrease of 6% on the year, with beef also falling 6% to 503.792 million and pork 4% under the year before at 398.947 million pounds. That indicates generally solid demand, with the USDA recently reporting record December beef production and a slight year-to-year decline in pork production.

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