# 2019 Meat and Poultry Industry Economic Outlook: A mixed bag | 2018-12-14  | The National Provisioner

> The 2019 U.S. meat and poultry outlook says protein demand held up in 2018 despite trade tensions and tariffs. Beef production is expected to rise 3.3 percent and pork supplies are up about 4 percent, with the breeding herd expanded 3.5 percent. Fed cattle prices are forecast down 3 to 3.5 percent from last year, and red-meat oversupply is expected to pressure poultry.

- Date: 2018-12-14 · published 2018-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61720-2019-meat-and-poultry-industry-economic-outlook-a-mixed-bag-2018-12-14-the
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding beef and pork output in 2019 is likely to keep hog and chicken prices under pressure as supplies compete for the same consumers.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-09-13 | [As meat supplies grow for export demand, trade and tariff doubts hurt on-farm prices \| 2018-09-13  \| The National Provisioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63200-as-meat-supplies-grow-for-export-demand-trade-and-tariff-doubts-hurt-on-farm.md) | +9.2% | +25.9% |
| HOGS | 2025-02-28 | [USDA Ag Outlook Forum: Chief economist Seth Meyer’s shares 2025 expectations for beef, swine, egg, dairy
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26183-usda-ag-outlook-forum-chief-economist-seth-meyer-s-shares-2025-expectations-for.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |
| HOGS | 2022-04-14 | [Rabobank: Global economics to affect pork market, costs \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41978-rabobank-global-economics-to-affect-pork-market-costs-meat-poultry.md) | +7.6% | +1.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-19 | [Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2018 \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6566-federal-reserve-observations-on-the-ag-economy-july-2018-farm-policy-news.md) | -2.9% | -23.5% |
| HOGS | 2018-05-01 | [FEEDSTUFFS MEAT PRICE OUTLOOK: May 01, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4611-feedstuffs-meat-price-outlook-may-01-2018.md) | +0.8% | +11.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-09-13 | [As meat supplies grow for export demand, trade and tariff doubts hurt on-farm prices \| 2018-09-13  \| The National Provisioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63200-as-meat-supplies-grow-for-export-demand-trade-and-tariff-doubts-hurt-on-farm.md) | +2.1% | +1.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-05-01 | [FEEDSTUFFS MEAT PRICE OUTLOOK: May 01, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4611-feedstuffs-meat-price-outlook-may-01-2018.md) | -7.4% | -13.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-09-19 | [FEEDSTUFFS MEAT PRICE OUTLOOK: September 19, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69064-feedstuffs-meat-price-outlook-september-19-2017.md) | +2.0% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- provisioneronline.com: https://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/107187-meat-and-poultry-industry-economic-outlook-a-mixed-bag

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