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Meat and poultry consumption has been on the decline in the U.S. for several years. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American will consume 12.2 percent less meat in 2012 than they did in 2007. The economy, feed prices and even shrinking pastureland are all contributing to this downward trend.
