Four big companies dominate the meat processing market — but the Biden
administration has considered breaking them up for a long time.
Meanwhile, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been on a multi-state
tour talking about new cash programs from the Biden administration and
strengthening local meat supply chains — but it could take billions of
dollars and years of building up for smaller producers to reach a scale
that would threaten the larger companies. Ximena Bustillo reports.