The price of meat is going up. Fed up with the meatpacking industry, some farmers are opening their own small meat processing plants while the Biden White House works to create new meat regulations.
Fed up with the meatpacking industry, some farmers are opening their own small meat processing plants while the Biden White House works on new regulations.Oct. 2, 2021, 9:00 AM UTCDamon Watson is a fourth-generation cattle rancher in rural Oklahoma, and his son and daughter hope to be the fifth.
The pandemic has shined a bright light on the tension between farmers and processors, causing members of the Biden administration, a bipartisan group of politicians and advocates to push for greater oversight of the meatpacking industry. They blame meat conglomerates for driving up costs for consumers, keeping profits from farmers and leaving elements of the food supply chain vulnerable.
Opening the small processing plant has given ranchers another option, he said, so they can market their meat locally.
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