BrownfieldAgNews reports:
U.S. red meat and pork production hit record monthly levels in December.
December 2016's red meat production totaled 4.402 billion pounds, up 3{73205e5fd8edf14435f3e2e65a2beea89873ca1d4142610a26265edfe9982562} from December 2015. Domestic red meat production in 2016 topped 50 billion pounds, up 4{73205e5fd8edf14435f3e2e65a2beea89873ca1d4142610a26265edfe9982562} from the 2015 total.
For the year, beef production was up 6{73205e5fd8edf14435f3e2e65a2beea89873ca1d4142610a26265edfe9982562}, pork was 2{73205e5fd8edf14435f3e2e65a2beea89873ca1d4142610a26265edfe9982562} higher, veal was down 9{73205e5fd8edf14435f3e2e65a2beea89873ca1d4142610a26265edfe9982562}, and lamb and mutton
Source: Agri-Marketing