People were Eating More Beef--Until the Mad Cow Scarehttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/01/07/beef-consumption.aspxAs of December 22, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association stated that the demand of cattle had risen 10 percent since 1998. And spending on beef increased $14 billion since 1999. This was due to the declining supply of cattle--according to the U.SenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)