A lot of attention has been focused on high egg prices due to bird flu. However, the price of beef is also on the rise as production hasn't keep pace with demand.

The decision to close the site is driven by “the decline in the number of cattle in Finland over the last few years”.

So he says the herd is still shrinking and so are slaughter levels. “We’ve got it down 2%. We also would say just the harvest level will have another 350 ,000 reduction in cow slaughter and ...

With deep culling, daily cattle slaughter has continued to run in the 127,000 to 129,000 range and for the year slaughter is up about 1.5% over 2021. Some of its the increased cow slaughter.