The "Big Four" meat packers — JBS (Brazil), Cargill, Tyson Foods, and National Beef — currently dominate 85% of the...

...the United States, Argentina and Australia are at the top of the global meat-eating league...

Could their high-tech approach to age-old practices change the game for other ranchers? 

"We are working on beef, and I think we have a deal on beef that's going to bring the price" down."

 

This is a matter of national security... 

This is happening just as more science is showing how essential beef is for human health.

The fast-food giant will invest $200 million in a bid to restore and steward up to 4 million acres of US rangeland...

"Food-grade plastics deteriorate significantly at temperatures above 40 degrees centigrade. Put a food-grade plastic teabag in near-boiling water, and it rapidly..." 

The best bang for the buck in the grocery store protein aisle this year hasn't been beef, it's been eggs. Prices have plummeted... 

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"However, we expect egg fundamentals to normalize over the coming year as the supply backdrop..." 

Potato prep affects diabetes risk, but their high glycemic index remains.

Bee colonies in the United States are being decimated by mites that have developed immunity to a key pesticide. 

Not good...

"Ultra-processed foods tend to be hyperpalatable, energy-dense, low in dietary fiber, and contain little or no whole foods..." 

If enacted, this legislation could cause irreparable harm - not just to the health of farmers and ranchers who work directly with these chemicals, but to the broader public who unknowingly consume their residues...

"We are going to release dietary guidelines that are 4-6 pages long… and understandable/simple."

There's a reason billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are quietly buying... 

"Cattle availability should improve in the coming years."

This trend is driven by excessively high supermarket beef prices, prompting low...