IARN — With those rising temperatures as summer is really kicking off, those grills are getting fired up right along with it. Now is the perfect time to enjoy a delicious burger right off the grill on a hot summer day, but what does that mean for our beef industry? Well, with more and more people grilling out, and those big summer holidays approaching, the demand for ground beef is really heating up.
The usual jump in ground beef demand through Memorial Day, our first major holiday in the summer season wasn’t seen. However, Oklahoma State University livestock market economist Dr. Derrell Peel, says it’s because the demand for ground beef is stronger than it usually is right now.
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