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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by tablespoon on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:55AM (#28625324)
> the American government spends $38 billion each year to subsidize the meat and dairy industries

What does that work out to per pound of meat output?

Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by saalweachter on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:59AM (#28630119)
US meat production is about 100 billion pounds / year, half meat and half poultry. So removing subsidies alone would raise costs by about $0.38/lb, but it may be as much as twice that if subsidies fall primarily on one subsector.

The externalities -- both environmental and the poor labor conditions tolerated in the meat processing industry -- are probably a bigger "subsidy" than the budgetary ones.