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Red Meat Production Below Year Ago

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.99 billion

pounds in March, down 4 percent from the 4.17 billion pounds produced in

March 2012.

Beef production, at 2.04 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous

year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.59 million head, down 6 percent from March

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