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@nemobis@mamot.fr
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]
[1]

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.
2025 Planting Trends Hold: Pulses Up, Potatoes Down

Note: Effective April 2025, Vegetable and Pulses Outlook will publish at 2:00 p.m. ET.

The USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Acreage report, released on June 30, 2025, forecasts another year of expanded plantings for pulses (dry beans, chickpeas, lentils, and dry peas) and continued contraction for potatoes—mirroring trends highlighted in the July 2024 Outlook. However, the pace and pattern of change has shifted. Lentils,…