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Ground beef hits a record $6.90 per pound as tighter cattle supplies and strong demand push prices higher; price gains have reached 24% since January 2025, with USDA projecting further increases into 2026. The White House has floated tariff relief and imports to ease prices, while restaurants adjust menus and consumers face higher grilling costs.
Beef prices are at or near record highs as the U.S. cattle herd remains near multi‑decade lows due to drought and aging ranchers, while demand for protein stays robust. Producers are raising prices, and rebuilding the herd will take years, creating a persistent gap between supply and rising consumer appetite for beef.
Drake’s Iceman is arguably his strongest solo outing in a decade, thanks to inventive production, sharper flows, and a surprisingly cohesive visual rollout. The album relitigates old beef with Kendrick, Future, and more, threading bragging rights with moments of introspection, and it often lands on songs that push Drake into new vocal territory. It isn’t flawless—some lines and transitions feel forced, and the relentless beef-talk weighs it down at times—but overall Iceman marks a bold, technically skilled comeback that reconnects Drake with his best rap instincts.
China agreed to boost imports of U.S. agricultural products, notably beef and poultry, after the Xi-Trump summit, signalling a move to expand bilateral trade relations.
Trump faces a political tightrope as the White House weighs a temporary tariff cut on imported beef to lower prices for consumers, a plan that could hurt ranchers and complicate GOP support amid drought and higher production costs; the timing remains uncertain as beef prices stay elevated ahead of the election.
Drake’s midnight drop Iceman unleashes a feud-heavy set, calling out Kendrick Lamar over their Not Like Us fallout and a 2025 UMG lawsuit, while also targeting A$AP Rocky, LeBron James, DJ Khaled, Pusha T, and UMG chief Lucian Grainge, with references to his Atlanta ties and past clashes.
Lowering tariffs on imported beef may ease meat prices in the short term, but inflation stems from multiple structural factors—U.S. cattle herds at a 75-year low, elevated energy costs, supply-chain disruptions, and geopolitical tensions—so tariff cuts address only a symptom, not the disease.
President Trump will sign two executive orders to lower beef prices by boosting imports and backing ranchers: one suspends part of the beef import tariff-rate quota, the other expands SBA loans and trims regulations while relaxing endangered-species protections; the moves aim to curb inflation pressures as drought raises costs and major meatpackers face antitrust scrutiny.
The White House will temporarily suspend beef tariffs for 200 days to expand imports and address short-term U.S. beef supply issues in an effort to lower consumer prices, a move likely to anger ranchers and some Republicans ahead of midterm elections as part of a broader affordability push.
Katt Williams made a surprise appearance at Netflix's The Roast of Kevin Hart, trading jabs with Hart who then publicly offered an olive branch and embraced Williams, effectively squashing their feud. The moment closed a years-long back-and-forth and capped a star-studded event.
Drought has pared the U.S. cattle herd to its smallest size in 75 years, lifting feed costs and keeping beef prices elevated for years as it takes several years to rebuild herds.
Beef and Running Point return for Season 2 on Netflix with middling numbers: Beef’s full-week viewership hit 4.1M (No. 3 globally) but S2 opened weakly with about 2M in four days, down ~60% from S1; Running Point debuted Season 2 with 5.3M views, down 43% from S1 and ranked No. 2 behind Unchosen. The declines reflect a broader trend of dwindling audiences for Netflix returns, and neither series has yet been renewed for a third season.
Beef Season 2 debuts at No. 10 on Netflix Top 10 with 2.4 million views for the week of April 13–19, a drop of about 58% from Season 1’s opening. Season 1 started with 34.1 million hours viewed in its first week (back in 2023) and peaked in Week 2 at 70.38 million hours viewed (roughly 12 million views), highlighting a sizable decline in early-season viewership for the new run.
A round-up of four new episodes—Euphoria’s nostalgia-tinged season 3 episode 2, The Pitt’s Robby-centric finale, Hacks’ Season 5 send-off, and Beef season 2’s expanded, high-stakes drama—highlighting strong performances and writing, with recurring themes of reinvention, fame, and the cost of ambition, though pacing varies across the pieces.
Cinematographer James Laxton explains Beef Season 2 was shot on the ARRI 265 65mm sensor to broaden the show's visual language, shaping power dynamics through framing and movement across multiple couples, with a finale that brings all characters together in one frame; the season is streaming on Netflix.