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SOURCE: http://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/590941-small-ranchers-say-biden-letting-them-get-squeezed
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America’s independent cattle ranchers say major corporations in the beef industry are squeezing them out — and that the Biden administration is letting it happen.President Biden issued a sweeping executive order in July 2021 directing federal agencies to address anti-competitive behavior by big meat-packing companies.But farmers say Biden hasn't gone far enough to rein in larger meat-packing companies, a handful of which control the bulk of the hog, cattle and chicken markets.Unless regulators break those companies up, farmers say, the administration's current reforms won’t have much long-term effect.“We want to bring some semblance of competition back to cattle market,” said Tim Gibbons of Missouri Rural Crisis Center, which represents 5,600 farming families.“Missouri has 50,000 cattle producers, but 80 percent of beef packing is controlled by four companies," Gibbons said, adding while Biden has spoken out on some of the biggest issues, "nothing has changed."In particular, ranchers point to an Obama-era legal reform that allowed meatpackers to label any beef product — regardless of where the cattle were raised — as "Product of USA" if it was processed in the country.This allowed big meatpacking companies to bury smaller entities under an avalanche of cheap, foreign-raised beef while labeling it American-made, said Missouri rancher Darvin Bentlage."That pound of ground beef may say ‘Made in the USA,’ but it could be from five or six countries," Bentlage said.And while Biden's order contained language to close the foreign-raised beef loophole, small ranchers say they have a hard time trusting federal regulators to carry it out.“The industry, because of its economic power, is using political power to chip away at regulations.

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