Nebraska cattle ranchers look to circumvent big meatpackers
March 22, 2022
Ranchers in Nebraska complained that they saw the price paid for their beef fall even as wholesale prices rose during the pandemic. They responded with Sustainable Beef, a venture intended to bypass the four largest meatpackers — JBS, Tyson, Cargill and National Beef Packing — which account for about 85 percent of the processing market.
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