For now I think it's primarily down to economies of scale, not to mention the subsidies supporting the meat industry and its feed crops. For an example data po

For now I think it's primarily down to economies of scale, not to mention the subsidies supporting the meat industry and its feed crops. For an example data point on subsidies, this article mention that subsidization reduces the cost of a Big Mac from $13 to $5, and the cost of a pound of hamburger meat from $30 to $5. https://www.aier.org/article/the-true-cost-of-a-hamburger/ https://www.aier.org/article/the-true-cost-of-a-hamburger/