# Beef prices hit all-time high in U.S. Who do you blame? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-prices-hit-all-time-high-in-u-s-who-do-you-blame/685696 "2014-04-09T04:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-prices-hit-all-time-high-in-u-s-who-do-you-blame/685696/41 "2014-04-09T23:33:42Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Yea, but the articles about why beef prices are more expensive this year then last. A lot of corn goes to ethanol production, but so far as I know there hasn’t been a large increase just since last year. The price increases of the last few years have been largely due to increased feed prices, which were caused in good part by ethanol-subsidy growing replacing feed corn growing. Add in the drought of this last year and bang, cows are on the endangered species list. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-prices-hit-all-time-high-in-u-s-who-do-you-blame/685696/42 "2014-04-09T23:35:56Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Did anyone blame the Jews yet? Not during National Brotherhood Week, you don’t… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-prices-hit-all-time-high-in-u-s-who-do-you-blame/685696/43 "2014-04-09T23:46:13Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Not during National Brotherhood Week, you don’t… Unfortunately, high cow prices _will_ last all year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-prices-hit-all-time-high-in-u-s-who-do-you-blame/685696.md?page=2)