The beef minced meat disappeared from stores and the situation is not changing
Meat|The lack of beef minced meat is due to many things. The phenomenon is European.
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Beef minced meat has delivery difficulties and the situation is likely to continue for a long time.
This is due, among other things, to the reduction in the number of cows. MTK expert Juho Kynjäjä says that the situation is the same throughout Europe.
Finland has not been self -sufficient in 20 years with regard to beef, and prices have risen faster elsewhere in Europe than in Finland.
Low consumer price has increased demand even further and production cannot be responded to.
Finnish On the shelves of the grocery stores, in many places, there are empty beef. The scarcity of beef minced meat started already in March and the end is not visible.
The phenomenon is European.
MTK expert Juho plow According to the deficiency, the deficiency was expected.
« We could predict that this was coming, but we couldn’t say when. Now we are in a situation where scarcity touches the whole of Europe at the same time. »
The lack of beef minced meat is due to many things. In addition to the world market situation, the main reason is that there are fewer and fewer dairy farms and cows in Finland all the time.
Most Finnish beef is born in milk production, as the cows are placed to produce milk. The cows are also processed so that they produce much more milk than before.
Therefore, less cows are needed, which also creates fewer calves.
In addition, there are sufficient cows that have been processed to produce calves into the flesh. The number of suckler cows has also started to decline.
According to MTK, the average size of the premises has increased, investments are expensive and funding has become more difficult in recent years.
According to the plow, the situation is likely to continue for a long time. Even if it is now decided to start increasing the number of cattle and seed more heifers, they would not give birth until early 2026 and the calf would reach a slaughter in the fall of 2027.
« The situation is that there is no end to scarcity. »
Beef’s delivery difficulty is particularly evident in minced meat because Finns eat it a lot.
MTK According to the beef, Finland has not been self -sufficient for 20 years. Elsewhere in Europe, prices have risen much faster than in Finland.
« Bringing from Europe, at least at the same price you can’t get it to the counter. There are little calves in the entire Europe and demand in the Middle East and North Africa is high. »
According to the plower, the price in Finland has remained lower than in the other market structure in Finland: there are only a few big players in the retail, as well as in meat processing.
According to him, large actors have negotiated very long standard -priced contracts. They are still valid, although prices in Europe have risen.
According to MTK, the low consumer price has further increased the demand for beef minced meat. Production cannot meet demand.
In Finland, beef minced meat is widely used. It is made from cheaper parts of the animal, which is also reflected in the price.
« We don’t have so much to bake steaks. Someone may ask why not better parts of the beef to make minced meat. Sure, it can be done, but they are expected more than the price, » says the plow.
