The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an additional $59 million in investments to help increase meat and poultry processing facilities.
Meat processing plants across the U.S. can’t keep up with demand. Many plant owners say they have plans to expand, and many report waiting lists of a year.
NM and IA Senators have introduced an Expanding Meat Processing Act which will allow livestock auctions to work with small and regional packing plants.
A House coronavirus panel says meat processing and packing companies worked closely with allies in the Trump administration to help keep facilities open.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry introduced legislation this week to support small meat and poultry processors.
The entire podcast was full of sensationalized, controversial, and incorrect information, and the worry is that the exposure The Joe Rogan Experience receives, as one of the top podcasts in the nation, will further drive the idea that large operations are bad and unhealthy