Beef demand continues to defy fears and expectations. "Domestic beef demand has surprised analysts, including myself," says Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University agricultural economist. And there have been plenty of reasons for concern. Choice wholesale beef prices declined more than $20/cwt. from the end of February to the middle of April - lower almost every day during that span. Gasoline prices continued to rise, pinching consumer wallets tighter. The fiasco associated with lean finely textured beef that folks in the beef industry rightfully feared would dampen demand. The discovery of a fourth case of BSE in the U.S.
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