>Google “taylor farms cyclospora” or “tyson beef prices shortage” for an example of the problems of highly consolidated processing. I already addressed cyclosp

>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...