The future is an unpredictable place. As such, we generally prefer to leave predictions to others. We would be reluctant to break our no-prediction rule even in the most stable times, when little in the way of change is expected. Given that, who would ever predict that we would be here making predictions about the meat industry during a presidential election year, amidst a 12-year bull market, while the U.S. is fighting trade disputes disproportionately affecting agricultural interests, as disruptive technologies and socio-cultural shifts have ushered in the most dynamic commercial environment in history?
Yet, here we are. What could go wrong, and what will 2020 deliver? Here are our boldest predictions.