ST. LOUIS, Mo. — One way to fight inflation and help local farmers is to buy your meat directly from them. The Missouri Farm Bureau has a directory that lists farmers across the state selling beef, pork, lamb and poultry directly to consumers. The list also includes Missouri meat processors that sell fresh and frozen meat.
Grocery prices that were up 12% in November are driving inflation higher, even though the overall pace of price increases slowed a bit through the fall as gas prices eased.
But egg prices are up significantly more than other foods — even more than chicken or turkey — because egg farmers were hit harder by the bird flu. More than 43 million of the 58 million birds slaughtered over the past year to control the virus have been egg-laying chickens, including some farms with more than a million birds apiece in major egg-producing states like Iowa.
Even with the cost increases, eggs remain relatively cheap compared to the price of other proteins like chicken or beef, with a pound of chicken breasts going for $4.42 on average in November and a pound of ground beef selling for $4.85, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Local farms selling meat directly to consumers
HillsboroSandy View Farms314-852-7173HillsboroPierce Century Farms LLC314-960-4445De SotoHenry Meat Co.636-586-2524St. LouisJohn’s Butcher Shoppe636-931-7776DittmerDittmer Meat Packing, Inc.636-285-9090TroyPrice Family Farms636-338-1418SilexMcDonald Farms Specialty Meats573-384-5480ElsberryBrown’s Smokehouse Meats573-384-5284ElsberrySugar Creek Piedmontese636-734-6620SilexPat Kientzy Farms636-443-9743SilexRyan Family Farm636-299-2184ElsberryO’Brien Cattle Company636-462-0302SilexNew Hartford Angus636-459-8196WinfieldMennemeyer Meats, LLC636-668-6141FoleyMokriakow Homestead636-358-9628WinfieldReifel Farms636-383-1421St. JamesForest City Packing Co573-265-7674RollaRockin’ R Ranch573-465-4007RollaBMP Farm573-308-7438RollaAero Plane Farm573-612-9779RollaHamilton Holiday Orchard573-368-8210New MelleBavarian Smoke Haus636-828-4189WentzvilleJosephville Meat Processing636-327-5455O’FallonHwy P Market & Meats636-379-8780St. CharlesCTLG Contracting314-440-2497DefianceCircle 6 Acres636-866-8743FarmingtonFarmington Meat & Processing573-756-2204Bonne TerreFalling Sun Ranch573-238-8640WildwoodClover Meadow Beef LLC636-376-7990Webster GrovesNaked Bacon314-324-4261St. LouisG & W Meat314-352-5066St. LouisJohn Volpi & Co314-772-8550St. LouisKenricks Meat & Catering314-631-2440EllisvilleC&C Butcher636-220-8133BridgetonKern Meat314-664-4467
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