Commercial beef starts on small farms

From National Public Radio,

Unlike Chicken And Pork, Beef Still Begins With Small Family Ranches

. . .the cattle industry is still populated by mom-and-pop operations, at least at the calf-raising level. . . .

 But that small size is true only at one end of the cattle industry. In simple terms, the business is bottle-shaped — large at the bottom and narrowing to the neck, where just four companies control the majority of the market. . . .

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