@Lind Morn - Which is why we need gov't regulations and progressive taxation. Reagan started this 'bigger is better' nonsense and the small business owner and small farmers have been pushed out of business.

@@WJV9 we need to do away with all income tax for aver.

Corporate power must be brought under control or this is just the beginning. Pick an area.

Big corporations are working with big government to keep the little guy out.

Capitalize on each penny. Each gram of weight. That's Capitalism.

The higher the stock price, the larger the million dollar bonus is paid to those being millions of dollars a year. We normally refer to this as 'greed' whereas Wall Street and Congress call this 'competition'.

preach

It's not shareholders it's the Cargill family specifically, they run the industry as cartel, basically Rothschild's 2.0

Amen

@@JasonRobinette for the Cargill's profits, that's the one name you need to know on this issue.

Beau does an excellent breakdown of events and trends. Faux News and NewSmacks Trumpers hate him for not agreeing with them.

They just don't like the truth. I know a cattle farmer for 50 years , since college days . They just love trump???? He lies every other word , convicted felon, rapist, traitor and etc. But this country was founded on greed and genocide, so what should we expect..

Stop the stupid party line politics. I like listening to Beau, even though I am no leftist liberal. I like listening to every side of the aisle. Party politics is why Biden was able to last this long despite d3clining mind. Corporate media was afraid of telling the truth for fear of allowing the God to "score points" against Dems. Stupid way of thinking.

I've watched every video he's released since two years ago when I found him. Dude's helped me look at current events far more critically

Hello Peeps!

People don't want to believe that. I say it to everyone. It's greed, pure and simple.

That is not true, It was pushing 4.2 trillion dollars of borrowed taxpayer money into The economy when there were supply chain issues is what made the inflation rate go from 2% under President Trump to 9% under Joe Biden. The hilarious thing is they called it the inflation reduction Act when it was just a free-for-all spending binge mostly going to climate change b*******

And food is the oil of the 21st century...

Yes corporate greed is at the core of most of the worlds problems.

@@Max14163 and water.

@@richardgreen7377 and trump the felon is the greedy wannabee king

It's not just greed. It's the fact greed is rewarded under capitalism. Greed is rewarded with greater profits which will allow an entrepreneur to grow his business and successfully undercut the competition and corner the market. Meanwhile a nicer entrepreneur that treats his employees well, mitigates pollution and focuses on producing a high quality product risks being undercut by his more ruthless competition, meaning he'll either adopt the ways of the greedy or he'll risk being put out of business or at least pushed to the margins.

@@christophersnedeker Which is EXACTLY why regulations are actually needed. To protect worker rights and small businesses. Dumb people can't see that because they have been blinded by the far right and its multi millionaires like Sean Hannity (seeking perpetual tax cuts) convincing them to focus on fringe issues like "pro life/pro choice" and "2A fearmongering", and "immigration", while those same GOP leaders rob them and their small farms, ranches and businesses blind, etc.... As Lyndon B Johnson correctly said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." That pretty much describes to a T the current MAGA political platform in this nation.

The REAL issue is the Fiat Money System, the Global Bankers. Their system is to INFLATE away their currency. This allows the Corporations to do what they are doing.

cattle are all around me. if you can run cattle you make a lot of money. if you don't have the good land to do it then you shouldn't do it. everyone here makes a lot of money raising beef.

All it needs is stupid voters and we have a surplus of those.

One of the biggest lies that's used to justify economic injustice and promote capitalism is supply and demand, but under unregulated capitalism, we can't really have supply that's dictated by actual demand, because the capitalists use their money and power to manipulate the markets and only deliver what will make them the biggest buck, not what we actually want

Complete lies because the big beef industry doesn't exist

Marx literally predicted this 200yrs ago. That obviously the system would result in a few people owning everything and turning the world into a rentier economy

That's absolutely horrible! I'd pay a clearance price for it!!! Better yet I'd buy directly from local ranchers.

I basically just posted the same comment. Rural America is trump country. Some of the craziest trumpers are farmers. My community votes republican every time. They are so brain washed they don't realize they're voting against their own intrests.

I was about to say the same. They do themselves no favors.

can you give me an example of a corporation controlling a court?

@@infinitewatersss Don't be obtuse. They control the levers of power. They're writing legislation through ALEC and they are hand-picking judges through contributions to PAC and right-wing think tanks.

Thank you! So true. They vote against their own interests, driven by silly culture war bullshit that has nothing to do with their economic well-being.

I’m sorry your cousin took his life. 😢💔

Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that. This has to be stopped.

Amen.....

🙏🙏🙏

99% simply dont have time to care. they are to busy standing in line to get their 4 dollar latte from starbucks. it is the new reality and has been for a long long time

What’s really going on is that everyone needs to end all support the animal agriculture industry worldwide effective immediately, including all animal-based pharmaceuticals like vaccines, hormones, etc! And then we need to clean up the cesspools and reservoirs of filth and disease that are chronically emerging into human populations from the animal populations in the animal agriculture industry. And then we need to put back forests by planting trees and rehabilitating wildlife habitat, and creating food forests and edible landscapes and basing our lives on plant based nutrition and herbal medicine. The domestication and farming of animals is, was, and will always be WRONG! End it! Before it ends us!!! NOW!!!

Amen! yes we need people like Coy. 🙏 ✝ 🕊

@shawndavis ... it’s so sad you too are “right there with Cory”. This video story/journalism needs to be shared everywhere social media is. We need our global small farmers and ranchers. 🤎

I heard the cattle are going back and forth across the border. Stores no longer have to put the origin of the meet on the packaging. "Made in the U.S. A. means the container, not the meat.

Are these imports effected by tariffs? Corporations and the gov't often have trade agreements in place. We'll buy x amount of y, and in return will provide you n at z cost. Again, tariffs can cause a rise in price on the store shelf. I truly believe that the average American is short sighted and doesn't understand the full weight of the consequences of their decisions.That's why we're supposed to be able to trust our government officials to work for US and the not themselves.

​@@marvelouslife1309Argentina beef in the grocery, most of ours that is not sold local to its raising by smallholders is sold overseas.

Honestly, yes. But family farms also hella destroyed natural landscapes because of poor farming techniques and over reliance on cattle and pig farming. We need to bring back small family farms and co-ops and, but also make sure everyone knows how to take care of land when they do. We need so many more small farmers and we need so much more support in general. And wow are monopolies are BAD. Nothing necessary to life, like food, housing, medicine, or school should ever be so unregulated as to be allowed to become a monopoly or harm the public really in any way.

Anhydrous?? What is pure ammonia used for in farming??? Is it from refrigeration spillage?

Way to go. I’m trying to set something up like this in our neighborhood but only one or two really enjoy it. Last year corn potatoes strawberries pumpkins green beans peppers grapes sunflowers asparagus and blueberries. Grow your own folks!

Thank you!!!

This is a really good idea thank you

The meat in Safeway is fake I can't stand it fake chicken breast nuggets beef it all sucks

Your awesome. I'm working on community tomatoes on the back porch of my apartment. Got some personal issues to focus on. Oops. The upside down one is angry at me but the other one is doing good and so far, 2 people care! I'm 1.7% happier :D

People here in America have been brainwashed. I lived over seas and returned, and it is bad. There is artificial scarcity and rampant violent crime now.

Here the government creates the monopolies through either directly working with companies or indirectly through lobbyists getting more regulations on the market that only big companies have the resources to follow, thereby banning smaller competition. Our government is likely one of the most corrupt in the world.

Remember Republicans want to screw us😢😮😅

Theoretically our government is supposed to do that too… We have anti trust laws. But alas our regulators don’t do anything

There's rampant corruption in the United States Government. Look who the President is for God sakes.

hopefully not beau, he was convicted of human trafficking years ago and has never apologized

@@angeladoll9785 there’s a 1 hour long expose on youtube you can find if you look up beau of the fifth column human trafficking, he’s also mentioned it on his youtube channel but he lied abt it, his real name is justin king so if you type that into google with human trafficking there are a bunch of reports abt it

@@angeladoll9785 comments are getting deleted but if you look up beau of the fifth column human tr--ficking there’s a 35 minute expose. his name is justin king so if you look that up on google with human tr--ficking it should come up with a bunch of court reports

@@angeladoll9785 my comments keep getting deleted but there’s a 35 minute expose about him on youtube or you can just google about it using his real name

@@jamentrojcak2852 wasn't sex trafficking so he's automatically more trustworthy than most of the GOP & anyone I've met in Florida's corrupt justice system🤷‍♀️ Not all laws are moral & neither are many lawmakers or enforcers

Which is unfortunate, as meat and eggs are some of the best, most nutrient dense foods. I still eat beef pretty regularly but it’s often ground beef as it’s cheaper. Nice steaks are just too expensive to eat regularly.

@@jondough7823 I hear you. I have friends that will give us a deer every season. We just pay the processing fees. But, it seems like they are not hunting as much anymore.

It has indeed! The rats are showing their faces!

TRUMP had 4 years to fix it what happened ? Who said the pandemic was a hoax ? Yet the pandemic revealed it so it's Biden's fault ? Makes Perfect sense. Impeach Biden !

@@darrylbunch6929 huh?

I'll take normal over your communism any day.

@@tomjones4318 define “normal”. You really shouldn’t use big words you don’t understand… I’m sure you don’t know what “communism” is either

Hollie, I thank God you are still here. Let's stand together. There are too many things in this country that are off kilter, and the corporations love it when Americans blame each other and look away from them.

@@josephwheeler8753 amen

So glad you called. Praying for you!

@@josephwheeler8753 pp

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i’m so confused why they invited beau on given that he was convicted of human trafficking years ago and has never apologized

If you want power over a country's money and people, there's no better way than controlling their food. De-regulation was so helpful in creating this situation. People bought into the less gov't is better ideology and less buracracy is better. Consequences should be given more thought than what they sell you as 'the consequences'. Liars lie.

Thanks for telling us your story, so heartfelt. My best wishes for your good health and as a mini gardener .

Is there a website listing local ranchers by zip code? That would help us find them ! Thanks!

your dad is not old and working 60 hours a week.

@@Dinom-tt5wz not that I am aware of, but if you drive down some country roads until you see a beef farm, stop and ask if they sell to the public.

@@geraldbennett7035 so says you? Funny how you think you might know my life's story better than me... Go touch grass.

And "no big government" Republicans contribute to monopolies and no rules for big companies. They do it while disguising themselves as actual being for the little guy and rural people.

And they are the donors of the far right who want to retain power.

Ya dam right they are. Time to change the status quo.

Agreed

Monopolies is de-regulation at it's worst.

Agreed. Zephyr Teachout lays this out really well in her book “Break them up” Monopolies affect just about every facet of life.

Don't forget pricing discrimination. That's how Amazon became as huge as they are. Buying from suppliers at market rate, but charge cheaper on the online store, which makes them the ideal place to purchase said item and gain market share unfairly. Competing stores who sells the same item can't afford to subsidized like Amazon can. See the problem?

I remember Wal Mart moving into Great Falls, Montana. All the strip mauls were on life support after that. Then along came a second Wal Mart.

Won't get anything like that with the deal leader, he'll give away what's left of American beef on day 2

i also wasn’t expecting to see beau host since reputable news sources usually don’t want someone who’s been convicted of human trafficking representing them

Yes we need another Upton Sinclair. And we need to restore the progress we lost over the decades.

We are becoming like Venezuela.

@Alexander Skinner, you are correct, it kind doesn't make sense for people to vote, based on what other people do in their bedrooms, with their bodies, or any other reasons government should not be trying to solve, fix or regulate, when it comes to personal autonomy. These are the reason, I am kind of well, I guess the correct word is confusing. I talk no pleasure or joy in this, but why aren't these farmers and ranchers questioning their local politicians on this issue?

@@TheInsuranceAndTaxGuy how so care to explain or did that just sound good in your head?

@@TheInsuranceAndTaxGuy Oh no...this is VERY American.

Yes it is ironic isn’t it? Why people refuse to see that they are hypocritical when they say they love animals and at the same time allow them to suffer the horrific slaughter.

Wall Street ain't going to let that happen. Period. State and county government will be bought even more and the fed, too. And the people will keep voting against their own best interests.

How do we stop it. Pass Local County Laws. The Feds and States will not solve this problem.

Right but the only candidate right now that understands all of that is r f k. Trump gets about a quarter of it.

@@TheVisualante11 No, regulations need to be removed from the Federal Government first, then we can worry about local laws stopping this garbage.

Join Cooperatives. Sell local . bring back the town butcher shops & grocery stores process the meat locally.

Just witness how Uber and Lyft have devastated local Taxicab companies. And they've done it by tricking idiots into using their own vehicles, their own CAPITAL, to make these corporations rich.

I sell firewood. The bigs have killed us too. I used to think 700;to 800 was a good business. Now we can't get enough supply. But the super sized can...

YESA the housing industrial and the sells companies even buy houses for cash and turn them over. Often with little "real" repair. the new owner has more problems and some times tries to repair but often gives up due to cost and the mortgage reposes or often the home seller takes over again. Now this is catching up in some areas of the country. GREED and down we go. People we have to wake up. Now is free. Often the out come is even more ....

Firewoodtime2 But I bet you shop wallmart amazon ect ect ect.....Can't have your cake and eat it to.

I hate wally world

Second video i saw from this channel, *really* random crossover lol

@Pehwr Exactly. He under-served (a couple years) for being a human labour trafficker/"coyote" who used illegal immigrant labour. Many think he only sevred 2 years he is a fed, ratted out his ring, or had his ring intimidate jurors/prosecuters/witnesses/judges.

@@jstevinik3261 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZaRpMapla6lfH0.html

@@jstevinik3261 He didn't smuggle refugees across the border to be kind but to exploit their labor and make them dependent on him and his company.

​@@alvarez6487 bro he went to jail. This isn't some influencer who committed fraud and then gave an tearful apology video, he spent time in one of the most oppressive institutions this country has to offer. If you believe rehabilitation isn't possible, you can say that but that's not very leftist of you

Sorry to hear. I'm in Sumter, SC and just getting started with cattle

If you wouldn’t mind me asking- is there a reason that the farmers don’t put minimum prices on their cattle?

Everything is rigged against us.

​@seanmcdonald4686 I'm not sure why these sellers didn't put a minimum on their cattle, but generally speaking at auction you run the risk of not selling and paying a fee plus take your cattle home.

@@seanmcdonald4686 Beau lists Cargill and Tyson. Cargill was caught price fixing worldwide corn prices. Now they are into slaves producing cocoa in the Rep of the Congo.

This is exactly how colonialism/slavery operated. Karma!

It has been talked about. (It's vertical integration in other areas as well). Some people have tried to go direct to farm and buy their beef (quarter/half/whole). Look up dairy and you'll see the same problems. This is how capitalism runs if it isn't checked and regulated within an inch of its life. But here's the problem. We went all in on this stupid capitalism is all that bs for decades. We exploited countries. It's finally hollowing out our backyards. (think rustbelt. I understand why we signed NAFTA. Hey, if you can't win, you align and profit slightly as a parasite. There was no way around the inevitability of NAFTA. The US simply lacks the strength to do what we must. It's all a "get rich quick" mindset rather than deep substantive changes. compare that to China's investment into Wuhan. That is a major manufacturing center that the entire world goes to. That represents trillions of dollars of future wealth for a relatively cheap billion. (I'm using arbitrary numbers but note the different in scale. Trillions vs. billions. Why? Because if you ever looked at an Amazon listing for say a computer chair, you'll see dozens of other versions. They're all made in the same factor.. in Wuhan. You also have the resource to custom design certain parts because you just have to cross the street. Don't get me wrong. China is crazy. the have this saying and it's basically something like work 6 days at 20 hours or something insane. It's exploiting their labor because China has a lot of people and it's still providing something beneficial per their cost of living. It's not like in the US where you could theoretically work 80 hours and most of that will pay rent. The average two income minimum wage can't really survive in the US. ) We're at something like stage 4 cancer and what was a relatively easy fix at stage 1 is not going to be an easy fix now. Companies and accumulation of power and influence have captured legislation. Our politicians are remarkably cheap whores. (Prostitution is a more respectable profession than a politician. They work for their money. Politicians don't. They get bribed for their re-election campaigns and you can buy a vote for a legislation that might be a couple thousand. You profit because you're going to make millions. That's why I call politicians cheap whores. These politicians should be demanding at least 2-10 million per vote and that's still cheap. Think about how much revenue and profit a big company makes. This is still pennies for a global or national brand.) In cities, it's hard to find butchers. It's a dying profession. (I'm talking mom and pop style. I do know there are smaller ethnic butchers but the ones that I've visited sold chicken and goat. No beef. No pork.) In addition, city folk don't have space. Cows don't get slaughtered at any point. The recipient must have the storage capacity to hold hundreds of pounds of meat. Co-ops. That's the thing that has to be done because we're leveraging disposable income/small storage/large numbers of consumers with those small farmers. That's the only solution that I see forward. I have no faith in capitalism providing a just and humane solution. This legislation (stockyard act) might work but it's going to be difficult. Why? Money talks. These are monopolies and that's stage 4 cancer. These monopolies are going to do everything in their power to survive and they will kill us to get an extra cent of profit. During Trump's garbage zoo in the White House, we had a record number of small farmers dropping out. I personally believe that conservatives should have no say in legislation because they don't make our country better in the long term. They weaken it by eating up the seed stock for next planting and pretending that it's some surplus. Look at the disgrace of the PPP loans as yet another example of conservative malfeasance. (I look at my rust belt and I see loads of industries that belong there. Why can't we have industries that work for our future? Why can't we pull certain production back into this country that pose a key security risk such as ... vaccine and basic medical production? Covid was just one disease. why can't we make our own needles and PPE and build modular manufacturing sites that flip with little downtime? Why can't we bring back certain electronics manufacturing for our own national security. Throw a NASA research station there. Why not? This would have a ripple effect because those industries will need secondary industries such as "waste disposal" or "restaurants". What it takes is strength to hold and invest, integrity, and a lack of conservative selfishness and nihilism. In addition, more consolidation of living zones. Let's keep our national untouched lands as virginal and pristine. It's more efficient to have 100 people in a 1 mile block vs. 100 people in a 100 mile range. fewer roads. less fuel costs. Less infrastructure costs overall.)

I kept telling them this over the summer as a volunteer on the Crist campaign during our video conferences, as well right to repair

​@@RojaJaneman as a Blackman who is from the common wealth, I see where your going with it, but it doesn't apply here. Many Europeans, Irish, Scotts, Slavs (slaves) also lived a life of subordinance in a feudal like social construct, for the benefits of the said slave master's and colonizers/crown. This isn't an issue of karma my friend. Karma would be King Charles been forced in them fields and the beef monopolies being broken up

​@@natural876true... the owner class is laughing all the way to the bank as we speak.

Thank God for deregulation. Please read some books from Dr Thomas Sowell and Friedman and you'll realize why capitalism is the answer.

@@kittyhawk-ud3id Glad to see somebody else saying this. It’s not the deregulation that is hurting, but the regulations that remain in place.

@@kittyhawk-ud3id NO! CAPITALISM IS NOT THE ANSWER! That is the reason big corporations can monopolize and take over.

@Erica Cartman read a book before you go screaming Edit: Economics Facts and Fallacies by Dr. Thomas Sowell. Free to Choose by Dr. Milton Friedman. Go read those books and then come back and be a keyboard warrior.

​@@kittyhawk-ud3id Books are fine but this negative outcome is the result of these theories. Just like trickle down economics -- the proof is in the pudding. But dream on.

just rebranded communism

Good reason to get more than one job skill under your belt before you're too old.

@@dylanhughes5944 You might want to go check the actual meaning of that word. Communism means that workers own the means of production. This story is about workers losing them to megacorps. SMH

@@dylanhughes5944 Also, capitalism means that people with capital (money, property, stocks) reap most of the benefits. They invest and expect to get more than that back. Where does that profit come from? Other people's work. Capitalists get rich by owning stuff, not working. Which is what Zed described.

​@@digitalspecter you edited your comment, but my email notification saved it. You included this: " In capitalism those with money and means of production will end up with most of the money while workers get paid as little as possible. " Capitalism is just the buying and selling of goods in the context of a free market, it is not an ideology like communism is. In a true free market there is ample competition. What we have today is crony capitalism, the fake twisted version of capitalism where mega-corps can establish their monopolies thanks to favoritism from the state. Those pampered mega-corps essentially become arms of the government itself which sort of mirrors what is seen in socialist/communist systems. Your average worker in capitalistic system earn significantly more than otherwise in any other system. Today their earnings on average are significantly lower than before relative to expenses due to rampant inflation. Salaries have not kept up with the rise in expenses. This is more a symptom of a failing country whose currency has been overly devalued due to use of fiat currency that they constantly print more of (no gold standard) than with capitalism itself. In communism everyone is equal, but some (the mega rich and the politicians) are more equal than others and they can dispose of you at any time with impunity. I think we're close to that in the USA because these corporations can mandate you take a certain injection which has resulted in over 1,500,000 adverse reactions in mere years (as per openvaers) or you will lose your job. If you experience an adverse event they will probably just fire you anyways when you can no longer perform your job properly.

it will not happen and eventually get EVEN WORSE....

Yes we should be loving our neighbours . God created this earth and gave to the sons of men , but the greedy came in and took it all over aided and abetted by politicians who rather corporation than people . Citizen united is to kill you all off .

Amen

We need to start eating bugs and leave the higher order animals alone. It's just not right.

@@williamrunner6718 u can have the bugs. I will be fed by my Father.

What we have is a corpritocracy. A meshing of big corporate and government to work against the people. FREEDOM IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE! STAND TALL OR DIE ON YOUR KNEES AS A SLAVE. We all have that choice to make.

@@lonekiterrocky You are exactly correct and the reason why more regulation isn't going to help. People are literally asking the Government to create more regulation against the major corporations that they're in bed with so it's not going to turn out how they think. I worked for Wells Fargo bank and it's the same thing there. These big banks sit on government boards to suggest legislation that will "protect" the consumer. In reality, the banks are there to create legislation that gives them a moat of protection whereby it makes it too costly for smaller banks to survive. What happens is these smaller banks sell out and these bigger banks buy them up. To my point for the beef industry, if packing houses are the bottleneck, then the best way to defeat them is for farmers in a large region to create a non-profit coop (think credit union) where the farmers can receive more profit from the sale of their beef. However, it's easier said than done isn't it? Butchering beef isn't terribly difficult. The real issue that would prevent this from happening are the regulations that have been put in place by the government, with the help of the packing plants, that would make it too costly to make this happen. The USDA specifically is the body guard for big ag.

Stop voting for republicans. They care about the little guys .

Speak out, talk to people and try to educate. We need to bond. We need to buy local and buy from farmer.

It will NEVER be front page news whilst MURDOCH and scum just like him, pull the strings on what fodder is fed to the consumers of "their" journalism, which is NOTHING to do with REAL LIFE NEWS!

It's funny you say that. When I told somebody I was working on this (and was vague describing it because I try not to talk about specifics of anything I'm working on until it's done) he immediately assumed I was talking. about poultry.

@@BeauoftheFifthColumn I wish there was some sort of follow-up on this video. Excellent video, but, knowing the problems we still feel helpless to change it.

I remember reading and seeing stuff about the poultry situation years and years ago. So sad.

I'm a cabinet maker and the story isn't too much different.

Im a truck driver and its pretty similar. Fuel cost increased but rates still same or less

When I finally read Marx in my 30s I was so pissed. This was all predicted 250 YEARS AGO! WHY DID NO ONE TELL US?!!!

You need to find a way to go direct to consumer or you’ll be right. Farmers tend to like to be isolated but they’ve allowed their head to be buried while their industry is captured.

They did. But also the person in this video would probably say they'd rather this than socialism or communism@@fkrkf

Vote RFK he is talking about putting an end to the corporate capture in America.

That's their plan. Metastatic end stage predatory capitalism.

The farmers also need to protect themselves. They are voting in republicans that are anti regulation and pro monopoly.

@@MichaelAW17 I think that it's a huge issue of under education and misinformation. The issue is also that we on the left or liberals do not even try to reach people in these places. We don't bring them stories like this often enough, about how the right is selling them out. It's not that struggling ranchers wouldn't or couldn't vote left, it's that no one has given them evidence that they should. And so they'll vote for the only party that pays them any attention. And it needs to happen in person.

@@TheRuralUrbanist The was (is?) a candidate that went around one of the farming states, like Iowa, every county and did manage to convvince some of them. I hope he can find the funds and the courage to continue such efforts.

How do extremely rural farms become 'housing' and thus destroy urban fabric????

Yes, we must protect all farmimg, which means, better education, less(none?) toxic chemical use, better food, better prices and a reset on public responsibility. Not a meat eater, but i respect good farming practices, animal or vegetable. I plant trees , grow trees to give away and encourage tree planting, especially ceremonial trees involving planting with children. We will not all be farmers, but we can all plant a couple fruit trees.

It will not be shown. The American public has a ten second attention span. And mainstream media must pander to this fact 100% of the time to stay in business. Plus, the MSM is corrupt. If they showed this, heads would roll.

They know. Tucker Carlson is literally an heir of Tyson Foods.

We also need to send it to our elected representatives and senators. Put a note in asking them to stop pandering to the meat producers' lobby and the grocery chain lobbies as well.

@@kennybachman35Tucker Carlsons family are the heirs of Swanson foods but sold it. Conarga now owns it.

Yes it needs to be but it will not be, because the ruling class doesn't hurt their own. So it is up to us to share it as often as possible to as many people as possible. It's a great political canvasing tools when speaking with independent voters.

Agree whole heartedly - Bigger is Not always better - intensive farming is a surefire breeding ground for disease - Beef producers need to picket these big Packing Companies - enmasse with their Tractors Trucks etc to get their Voices Heard - French Farmers Fight for Survival and Good Standard of Living as well as Top Quality Products - for Fair Price.

You know, the pigs on family farms are way way happier, taste better and live better lives, why are we doing factory farming when its not necessary? Lots of countries dont do it and have reasonable meat prices and decent paying jobs. Its the corporate grocers who wont pay good wages or money for good product (only crap that comes from mass produced meat ugh) and siphon all that cash into their bank accounts

It’s all about making company shareholders richer, my friend. This is the pitfall of capitalism, yet no system is perfect.

@@vodkacannon +10% YoY MUST END. It is entirely unsustainable.

Indian farmers protested a year, opposing a proposed new law. The new law would leave farmers vulnerable to big companies and destroy their livelyhood. They won. However, they still struggle with debt and drought. .

The thing is, it affects more than just the small farmers getting wiped out. An overlay of commercial hog farms & people hospitalized for resistant infections shows a troubling pattern. Corporatization is literally killing us.

eventually we will have to acknowledge that the bad guys won WWII

@@samanthaqiu3416 Probably more accurate to say that there're no 'good guys'

@@samanthaqiu3416 that’s the feckin truth , on every side the alphabet men colluded & sabotaged it all w/ them. Total scum

@@samanthaqiu3416 wrong. Thats just nazi propaganda. America has always been a place where the rich can do what they want

What legal means do they have to do that

Greed every where: God first, Thanks for his grain , bless the animals who give their lives for us. Then ye shall be blessed

He needs to report on the farmers that are doing well , but that doesn’t fit the narrative. There are more that are doing well than aren’t.

OK so what are you doing about it?

@@kevinperry581 You're missing the point: The witness is speaking about that he notices there's a system that's coming for Others involved in the business.

@@sam-fc9ky Cows and chickens are not supposed to eat GRAIN. But maybe U already knew that, but you're just pretending not to know. Cows and chickens are supposed to free range and eat grass. Free range chickens are supposed to eat worms grasses fruits nuts. Today egg producers are getting smart and they're calling their eggs free range except they let them out but they are fed green so then they may be free ranging but they're fed grain. Therefore egg cartons need to read free range: fed fruits nuts worms grasses not grain.

Yes!

The very last thing we need is anything leftist.

@@Atreus21 technically it's not leftist because the model is based in 4D and the moral center is actually near the Beta Quadrant.

@@Atreus21 yes Because 50% of americans living paycheck to paycheck is a HUGE success! I love u americans, so long as there’s someone to hate or a foreign country to bomb, you’ll accept any situation

@Marc Simard corporations given too much power make people live paycheck to paycheck. Government given too much power snuffs out 50 million people in 4 years. I'll keep my paycheck to paycheck, thanks.

Don't call yourself a farmer if you raise cattle. GD lol

​@@davegutierrez5553 Did you understand what she meant? So what's the big deal.

@Suzi195 My big deal is I'm a 5 generation rancher. I don't bury cows, and in the spring out, come the calfs. At least get the lingo right.

So sorry. I know the difference. I had a ranch in No. California and an orchard as well. I only said what I did because you sounded so rude to the person who said she and her husband wanted to be farmers. All things considered, with all the crap going on in the food; industry, I do understand your frustration. My apologies.

@@davegutierrez5553100% you got 25 acres and show up first to the dinner and leave last. Pathetic

These things aren't all the same thing. Robert Reich is a bourgeois liberal, not a socialist. Beware him.

@@ericpreston8877 very true. He has a history of being a lpiece of shit business man following orders. His more recent stuff has shown me that he has become old age and has enough money to survive untip death so he doesn’t care what his superiors say any more. It has freed him from the restraints of worrying about pleasing the rich and can now say what he thinks is important. That's just my opinion though. He has a history.

Agree with you on SecondThought and Beau!

Yeah. I thought Justin used just the right amount of his Tow Mater voice to add fraudulent credibility to the subject.

My family stopped raising hogs back in the 90s because of this kind of legislation. There was a promise, vote for this and the price of pork will get cheaper! Yeah. You think that happened? Of course not. We lost to corporate farms. Almost 30 years later I know which companies my dad still hates.

Chicken farmers are in the same situation with Tyson, etc. Probly affecting all other aspects of agriculture, starting with patented seeds ...

@@HolliGenett Your dad knows the wrong of it all.

And very soon these big corps will control more of our food supply.

What can the public do to help?

Keep us in business please

Local farms and ranches need to be supported and stronger all around the country. Also cooperatives which help small farms/ranches compete against corporate giants. It benefits everyone, other than profit-driven conglomerates.

I'm in Minnesota. Farmers in my area sell directly to the community. Things like berries, 1/2 or full pork/beef, chicken, eggs...you name it. Buy direct from farmers and your local Farmer's Markets. Farmers are a unique set...not only laborers but also business owners. They support us with the food they produce...support them by spending your money with them.

I sell directly to my locals

Where i live (Canada) one can not sell meat unless its slaughtered in a Canadian food inspection agency approved facility.. us little guys get cuffed by those regulations, while big places like Maple Leaf foods get around legislation with tricks.. like instead of fixing the sanitation procedure (that killed a bunch of people) maple leaf just contracted out sanitation to a different company (union in bed with the company) so they just blame them when a problem happens.

LOCAL Won't Have Seeds To Grow Anything Soon.I Saw 10 $ Small Water Mellons In Wal Mart The Other Day. SEEDLESS.

I agree that corporate control is a big problem. And also, constant growth (or even variable growth, if it's still consistently growth) is never ever sustainable. Check out a lecture from the late Prof. Al Bartlett for more on that -- v=sI1C9DyIi_8

Welcome to capitalism

​@@alohatigers1199 Nope, it's Globalization. America can feed itself but we're at a point where so many countries are dependent or are demanding our products to keep their people fed. Typical American, you're too ignorant of everything around you

I really like Tester. I helped his first Senate campaign over on DailyKos.

@@rtqii Another great site, when I see Beau,MPU and DK come up in a conversation I believe we still have hope.

Sadly Tester might get voted out by those same ranchers he's trying to save.

I work for the state, and I see how much farm and ranch land is being subdivided and sold to out of staters for vacation homes. The trend is jaw dropping.

@@AdirondackHomestead It wasn't obsolete when I started. They wouldn't have the systems they have today if people like me didn't figure out how to set up a Tickler system! No internet if these things weren't figured!

@@happydogg312 idk where you’re buying from to find beef cheaper at a butcher shop lol

Where? How do we find a local guy? I know in my area we used to have a dairy farm and a beef farm and they both gone.

God Bless you 🙏🌹

Regina I am so sorry for your loss.

Consumers need to be willing to pay a little more and stop expecting cheap. That’s callus but it’s the truth. There’s a reason why you pay higher dollar for locally raised over the farm raised low quality. I feel sorry for the animals that are put through factory farms. The smaller farms also provide a better quality of life to these amazing creatures, who keep us a live for christs sake..

You mean shame on the people making the decision to purchase beef from Corporate America. Buy local!

@@joshua511 Get it from Gil Favor, Rowdy Yates and Wishbone. Also the Barkleys, Cartwrights and the McCains.

Buy direct from the ranchers. The government should never allowed so much consolidation.

Absolutely. and shame, shame, *shame* on our OWN government especially SCOTUS for aiding and abetting Oligarchs, both foreign and domestic, everywhere around the world through their 2010 Citizens United decision which legalized dark money bribery.

Joe Brandon govt keep voting Deamoncrap

Nailed it!!!

Go vegan.

Moldy meat...gross. 🤢

@@Patrick-sg7cm no thanks, Veganism causes Cancer.

I'm also in Texas - eastern part. I started a small goat herd 3 years ago to help with the US having to import 50 % of the goat meat wanted in this country. I'm an older woman who is running a herd of 9 or 10 goats that I sell directly to customers- they get the live animal. Right now, I'm not sure if I can continue- beaf isn't the only meat around, but the big companies haven't discovered goats yet. But the prices for feed, supplements and such is eating my lunch. To raise good meat, you have to start with good bloodlines (last year a very young female goat was sold for $5200 - I'm not in that league), good pasture or feed (expensive) and a LOT of work and time for a single person to produce good meat. If all else fails, I and my neighbors WILL have meat to eat.

@@monicaluketich6913 I had neighbors who raised goats as a side hustle for their family farm. They had to sell off all of their kids but the breeder pairs because feed is too expensive. Russia may be getting their asses kicked, but Putin's war is tearing up the feed markets.

In lampasas a new slaughterhouse opened up in the last couple of years. They went from 2 cows a day to 6 cows a day. Thats on top of a full facility in San Saba. When i went in to get a slaughter date 4 months out i was told first available was in 7 months. This is not big beef, this is just the 15% of the market big beef is not supplying. If the producers can't make money from the 85%, move to the other market. Based on my wait time, plenty have made the swap.

I live 70 miles from Lampasas . I run goats and sheep I make a little money . But also have a full time job. I run a hobby farm.

@@monicaluketich6913 Large part of Goat and Sheep export isn't eaten. Whole shiploads from Australia is shipped live for sacrifice in Mecca, but the key is live.

I have a buddy that sold his dairy farm in 2002. The price of milk then was the same exact price as it is right now. With twenty years of inflation I don't know how any Farmers make it

@@matthewarnold4557 Many of them DON’T, sadly 😢

Yes, the beef monopoly is the result of a long, long, trail of crimes by our public servants/institutions

Facts! & as someone who is a liberal person in a base sense (not a political affiliation sense), I get very frustrated when I talk politics & the other person generalize's me as a "Democrat" or whatever. I'm like NO! F! them too, their in on the same monopolization, consolidation, ANTI-anti trust bs too. Almost All the smaller issues we argue about inflation, left v right, wage stagnation, "woke" agendas, abortion, medical care, & on & on & on....are mostly all symptoms/side effects of exactly what this vid is talking about. & if we did something about the enormous wealth gap with antitrust & monopolization/consolidation laws, higher wages & workers rights etc etc alot of those "smaller" issues we argue about at a national level would all but solve themselves, & what didn't solve itself we can debate after! Doing something about the root cause that's exacerbating the issues.

Capitalism babeee!!!

Vote Red or Blue, you just want someone too rule over you.

RFK is the one who will fix this. By ending the corporate capture of our government. Along with taxing these big corporations so they can't continue to buy out ranchers.

I know, it's hard it's hard for the people paying so much it's definitely big corporations who are the ones making the money. It disgust me. The government most of them anyway are not on the side of the people or the ranchers that is the truth. The people in our government have so much invested in the corporations, they get richer and richer. That is a great deal of what is wrong it should be illegal for anyone in government to invest in anything while they can control the laws which affect trade and pricing on everything consumed!! There should be severe penalties and retribution for the offense of insider trading. It is too devastating for the American tax payers who pay their salaries and their retirement and lifelong medical care!!

@@coreenaburke5378 all you say here is important and how I wish more people were demanding changes!!!

See my comment just posted please.

Don’t sell your skills short. If you’ve made it this long ranching you have knowledge and skills to do very well in any business. The biggest loss to our countries is not the loss of food production but the loss of the knowledge our children gained by being raised i n reality. I’ve a ranch that won’t go to the next generation because my kids and grandkids are leading good and successful lives outside of agriculture. .

🇨🇦 BC