Meat production has stagnated in top exporting countries as livestock farmers suffered a series of misfortunes from severe droughts in Australia and Latin America, to low prices in the early 2000s and record high feeding costs. 由于牲畜养殖户遭遇了从澳洲与拉美的严重干旱,到本世纪初肉价走低与饲养成本达到历史高位的一系列灾难,主要出口国家的肉类生产均陷入停滞。