# Cattle producer profitability likely to be squeezed in 2018 | Oklahoma State University

> Oklahoma State extension economist Derrell Peel expects record beef production in 2018 alongside growing pork and poultry output, creating record total meat supplies. He says beef demand will be the key factor in prices, and that the Fed may raise rates faster due to tax cuts and infrastructure spending.

- Date: 2018-01-09 · published 2018-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66965-cattle-producer-profitability-likely-to-be-squeezed-in-2018-oklahoma-state
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Larger beef supplies compete with demand and are likely to pressure cattle prices, squeezing producer margins unless consumer demand holds up.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- news.okstate.edu: https://news.okstate.edu/articles/agriculture/2018/cattle-producer-profitability-likely-to-be-squeezed-in-2018.html

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