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In February, the average retail price per pound for beef was $3.87, up 12.4% versus a year ago, according to market research firm FreshLook Data. The average retail price for a pound of chicken was up 3.9% in February versus a year ago, turkey was up 5.4%, veal up 6.7% and pork up 10%. Among all meat production, beef producers typically incur some of the highest production costs. For example, costs for cattle farming are much higher than for poultry farming.
For the last ten years, the price of coffee in the world market has hovered around $1 per pound -- meaning that the farmers get between 30-50 cents. However, in recent months a crisis of overproduction has pushed prices down to below 60 cents a pound -- less than the costs of production.