How America broke its beef industry

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• FA

  @fark69 · 6 days ago

  Fell for it again award

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• US

  @UsualSuspect420 · 5 days ago (edited)

  Tyson food CEO made just under $35mil, with bonuses in 2025.<br>Poor guys can&apos;t make a profit, especially if you overpay for incompetent managment.

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• VA

  @VariTimo · 5 days ago

  “I’d be nice if it was a little greener” I wonder why it isn’t

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• CH

  @CharlieHaggis · 5 days ago

  So we’re gonna pretend corporations don’t just pay politicians for policy? Greed is the problem and maybe we are all guilty

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• LI

  @liaisonliam3013 · 5 days ago

  Beef farmer here, usually get nervous watching videos on the industry because they can often be extremely misleading, but yall did a great job giving a good overview of the situation. Right now is the first time since I could remember where my neighboring farms have had any amount of competitive advantage which I’m happy about. One of the things that people don’t realize is just how much the price of cows went up, 3 years ago a Holstein calf was $500-700 whereas now it’s pushing $2000. That’s $2,000 on an 18 month bet that the price will still be high when it reaches maturity, assuming it doesn’t die randomly as calves sometimes do. It’s a huge gamble to invest in growing the heard when in the current environment, a single tweet from a senile old man can tank the market. We’re cashing in as much as we can but we know that it will come down so we are being cautious in terms of expansion.

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• CH

  @chriss69420lol · 4 days ago

  They got their guy in office. Why they mad?

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• XE

  @Xeonerable · 5 days ago

  Oh look consolidation is making things worse , dang I guess we reeeaaallly haven&apos;t seen that before and should probably make regulations against it.

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• AN

  @andrewwayne777 · 6 days ago

  American Consumers have proven they do not give a shit about where the product comes from all they care about is price.

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• ST

  @stevenbalekic5683 · 3 days ago

  Because the US is importing Australian beef more now the prices here in Australia is now more expensive than it ever has been before.

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• AU

  @AustinIsTheGreatest · 1 day ago

  Mitch McConnell in this video looking like he is on another planet.

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• ZX

  @zxqwerxz · 5 days ago

  The problem is people can&apos;t afford expensive beef, beef has never been so affordable for so long and maybe eventually people&apos;s dietary habits change and the demand shrinks permanently

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• JE

  @jeffreyquinn3820 · 4 days ago (edited)

  If farmland costs more than can be earned from it, there&apos;s something driving prices other than the business side of farming. &nbsp;It&apos;s partly big players who can buy without financing driving the small guys out, but farming is also a social class. &nbsp;People who own land outrank people who don&apos;t. &nbsp;People with more land outrank people with less. &nbsp;When they talk about it being a way of life and not a business, that&apos;s what they&apos;re talking about. &nbsp;My entire working life has been me showing up to work and being yelled at and abused, and this won&apos;t stop until I retire. &nbsp;These guys don&apos;t have to put up with that.

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