JBS Swift, the Brazilian meatpacker has announced its intention to buy both
National Beef and Smithfield Beef. *If this deal is approved by the
Department of Justice, three meatpacking companies will control at least 73%
of the daily beef processing capacity in the United States.* By itself, JBS
Swift will control at least 31% of that capacity. And that's not all -- in
planning to buy Smithfield's Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding operation, *JBS
Swift would become the largest cattle feeder in the country as well.* Sign
the Center for Rural Affairs petition to tell the Department of Justice to
block the JBS deal.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/27 ... on_KEY=802
TSS
National Beef and Smithfield Beef. *If this deal is approved by the
Department of Justice, three meatpacking companies will control at least 73%
of the daily beef processing capacity in the United States.* By itself, JBS
Swift will control at least 31% of that capacity. And that's not all -- in
planning to buy Smithfield's Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding operation, *JBS
Swift would become the largest cattle feeder in the country as well.* Sign
the Center for Rural Affairs petition to tell the Department of Justice to
block the JBS deal.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/27 ... on_KEY=802
TSS
