2025-11-15 16:20:44
In the USA there's now bipartisan acceptance that "steaks cost almost 17% more than a year ago" ,[1] 60 % of shoppers buy less beef,[2] 37 % consider plant-based substitutes[3] but not clear how many would simply increase e.g. pulses or go fully #vegan. Prices of lentils are down[4] and production of pulses is expected to go up.[5]
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![U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index by Commodity: Farm Products: Dry Lentils [WPU01130121], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU01130121, November 15, 2025.](https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/115/554/621/123/639/224/small/a8527bc6fbd5a8af.png)
