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Google “taylor farms cyclospora” or “tyson beef prices shortage” for an example of the problems of highly consolidated processing. I wasn’t talking about priva

Google “taylor farms cyclospora” or “tyson beef prices shortage” for an example of the problems of highly consolidated processing. I wasn’t talking about private equity farms versus not, I’m generally talking about industry consolidation. Sanitation includes sewers which are typically municipal. Power and natural gas are legal monopolies with strict rules on pricing. There are also public electric utilities such as Cleveland Public Power.

gruez 11d ago
>Google “taylor farms cyclospora” or “tyson beef prices shortage” for an example of the problems of highly consolidated processing. I already addressed cyclospora in another comment, but how is consolidation or tyson beef supposed to be blamed for the shortage? Media reports blamed the shortage on droughts and/or screw worms, hardly a tyson issue. Not to mention tyson hasn't exactly been raking it in during all this shortage: >Yet despite record beef prices, the “Big Processors”, as Mr Trump calls them, are not thriving. Shares in Tyson, the largest, have tumbled by 40% since 2021—and by 7% since it cut its earnings forecast on September 3rd. It now expects its beef business, which brings in 40% of revenue, to lose as much as $775m this year. Trouble in the division has dragged the company’s overall operating margin down from 8.5% in 2021 to 2.6%. JBS, which is Brazilian, has said its North American business lost $427m in the first half of 2026. https://www.economist.com/business/2026/09/10/beef-has-never-been-pricier-and-meatpackers-are-suffering https://www.economist.com/business/2026/09/10/beef-has-never...