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A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by organizing their own processing plants.
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When cattle go to slaughter, America's factory-scale processors make a buck off more than ground beef and steak.They squeeze more profit from the…
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Months after the Biden administration announced a plan to promote competition in the economy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture promises new regulations…
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of meatpacking plants across the country have struggled to contain outbreaks. Many of the hardest-hit...