Episode
Follow the money: The beef with US beef
- Podcast
- The Documentary Podcast
- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1172
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nyyq08
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Summary
Why have US beef prices risen around 13% over the past year? Who is making money from the burgers and steaks Americans eat? Presenter Sam Fenwick speaks to a cattle rancher in South Dakota, an agricultural economist in Wisconsin, a meat packer in North Carolina and a restaurant owner in Nebraska to find out what is happening in this quintessentially American corner of the food market. We unpack the US beef supply chain to discover why prices are rising, who is making money from it and who is getting squeezed.