"I Almost Ended My Life Because Of The Corrupt & Rigged Beef Industry" | The Class Room

Coy Young nearly ended his life due to the corruption and consolidation in the beef industry. He’s one of 14,700 cattle farmers who will have to sell their farms or go bankrupt this year. We spoke to Coy about his story.
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[@JasonRobinette]

"for shareholder profits" is the single phrase that is responsible for nearly all suffering in this country.

[@marvelouslife1309]

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'.

[@EsotericCat]

preach

[@BowserLucaTheThird]

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

[@colemanjr]

Amen

[@BowserLucaTheThird]

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

[@ursulapainter5307]

I'm so glad Coy's wife came back home that day. We need him and others like him to help Americans understand what is really going on.

[@Narrow-Pather]

Amen.....

[@lourdesbonilla5917]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jjg1501]

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

[@crystalbluebutterfly]

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!!!

[@kaycoats8344]

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

[@spoonikle]

We lose so much when we allow corporate power to go unchecked in the USA. Its just noble houses all over again.

[@WJV9]

@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.

[@claytonroberts344]

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

[@theodoreroberts3407]

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

[@TheSetherbee]

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

[@ALCRAN2010]

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

[@jansilverthorn777]

Having grown up in grain farming, and spending a good portion of my life in dairy; I can attest that corporate farms are destroying the land with anhydrous ammonia and sacrificing animal welfare. It’s really tragic.

[@nata7536]

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.

[@ShuRugal]

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

[@sarahm.5356]

​@ShuRugal Ammonia results from nitrogen fertilizers and also emissions from urine and manure. If you search for "ammonia pollution from farming" you'll find lots of information, all of it bad.

[@ShuRugal]

@sarahm.5356 I'm familiar with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, but that's not even close to anhydrous ammonia. Anhydrous ammonia is pure and undiluted ammonia. Just straight NH3, but mixed with anything else. It does not hang around on its own.

[@hummushero9428]

I’m not shedding any tears for people who’s ancestors have been profiting from the enslavement, torture, and slaughter of innocent sentient beings in countless numbers. The Beef industry is unethical and immoral inherently, of course even more unscrupulous individuals are going to try to take advantage of the oppressors, this is the natural order. When this guy said he loves the animals he raises to slaughter 😮 like seriously. I’d hate to see how you treat those you hate. Animal ag is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, Ocean Dead Zones, accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined. Red and processed meat are classified as type one carcinogens (proven to cause cancer) linked to Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, etc.. anyone who thinks eating meat is healthy, environmentally conscious, and moral in this day and age is simply put a Fool.

[@DrMuFFinMan]

As a person working at a grocery store I can tell you it's not a supply and demand issue. More beef gets thrown away then before because people can't afford $6 to $7 dollars a pound for 80% ground beef. This country has done everything in it's power to kill out small farmers and force them under the thumb of large corporation's.

[@Yourmom-tc4rn]

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

[@d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n]

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

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

Complete lies because the big beef industry doesn't exist

[@Backinblackbunny009]

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

[@audreystarr6166]

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

[@shawndavis9478]

I’m right there with Coy, lost everything in 2022. The one big factor you missed is that the packers are importing in product from other countries that do not have the same quality and safety standards we have here. This foreign product also is sold falsely as product of the US and dilutes our prices even lower.

[@kimberlybrown6397]

@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. 🤎

[@marvelouslife1309]

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.

[@MT-tg4bt]

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

[@hummushero9428]

I’m not shedding any tears for people who’s ancestors have been profiting from the enslavement, torture, and slaughter of innocent sentient beings in countless numbers. The Beef industry is unethical and immoral inherently, of course even more unscrupulous individuals are going to try to take advantage of the oppressors, this is the natural order. When this guy said he loves the animals he raises to slaughter 😮 like seriously. I’d hate to see how you treat those you hate. Animal ag is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, Ocean Dead Zones, accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined. Red and processed meat are classified as type one carcinogens (proven to cause cancer) linked to Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, etc.. anyone who thinks eating meat is healthy, environmentally conscious, and moral in this day and age is simply put a Fool.

[@RevCeleste]

Big Ag is a blight on the health of our agricultural community.

[@holliemills]

I and my wife were tied up in the hog crunch of the 90s .I can honestly say that my life was not worth living at one point . it was a 1800 suicide number that took my call at 4 am and talked to me through day light. Thank god for those that volunteer .

[@josephwheeler8753]

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.

[@tomstickney5500]

@@josephwheeler8753 amen

[@m.campbell650]

So glad you called. Praying for you!

[@wandaosborne291]

@@josephwheeler8753 pp

[@wesselerwee6042]

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[@janesheridan7967]

I'm an old hired guy. I lucked out and found a job on a big hobby ranch. What makes it possible is they were both raised on desert farms. They know how to treat the employees, and they know how to hit the auctions. IDK how anyone stays in business. Much love and hope for everyone.

[@edhuber3557]

By definition of 'hobby ranch', it is not run for profit or even to break even. IDK how anyone stays out-of-business for long.

[@starlightbarking9495]

It amazes me how monopolies are tolerated in the US. Here in New Zealand they are illegal, and if a monopoly develops the government will step in to break it up and make theme compete against each other because monopolies are bad for society. They are currently cracking down on a supermarket duopoly that had been raising food prices and shutting competitors out of the market.

[@Romogi]

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.

[@alvarnunez3215]

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.

[@bonniejosavland3227]

Remember Republicans want to screw us😢😮😅

[@DrHughMonguscoque]

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

[@wc3617]

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

[@richardgreen7377]

Greed is killing this country.

[@Vinny_Gambini]

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

[@christophersnedeker]

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.

[@rcg9573]

@@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.

[@jas57264]

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.

[@BIPPITYYIPYIP]

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.

[@mikepop6163]

I’ve never understood how lobbying is allowed in America. It’s not people trying to persuade with words but with millions in payoffs and kickbacks to elected officials voted on by the citizens.

[@aerorocketdog6249]

Legal bribery. I say limit campaign contributions to $1k/person/cycle, ban large companies and shell companies from contributing, and ban non-monetary kickbacks for elected officials. Of course this won't happen, but it would solve so many problems.

[@MorbidEel]

Probably because nobody expected it to happen so there was no law against it and by the time anyone noticed you are now expecting the people who benefit from it(those who get elected) to self regulate

[@AintSkeerdNWO]

Thanks Reagan, And my family WERE ranchers. We sold our heard too. Then my dad died.

[@tomtxtx9617]

Reagan screwed the American worker in so many different ways.

[@kerribarber6543]

This is why I started a farm as a producer and sell ONLY to neighbors. I’m working with neighbors who are also homesteading to form a network of suppliers to help break the failed supply chain.

[@philiron7461]

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!

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

Thank you!!!

[@benjaminhershberger4650]

This is a really good idea thank you

[@highrolla142]

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

[@thmswalters]

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

[@caroljo420]

Corporate greed accounts for most inflation. This is outrageous!

[@janetrose3929]

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

[@truthandfreedom885]

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*******

[@Max14163]

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

[@PatrickD-ql6jg]

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

[@janetrose3929]

@@Max14163 and water.

[@1967250s]

This has happened not just in the beef and food industry, but in every aspect of life: cars, housing, clothing. Everyone has gotten so brainwashed to cheap prices from the major chains like eally world, home depot, IKEA, that the small business owners struggle to exist.

[@isnamthere4690]

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.

[@firewoodtime2]

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...

[@signaturelincoln]

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 ....

[@justing6594]

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

[@gokaren420]

I hate wally world

[@strugglemonkey]

We need to bring our farmers back. This should never happen. We support you guys. Small farms are vital to the American dream. Being squeezed out isn't a reflection of your character. It isn't your fault. We need to fix this. As a country. We must fix this.

[@AlexHop1]

Thank you! Yes, monopolies are the enemy of our economy and society.

[@shellunit]

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.

[@deborahheckstall1881]

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

[@Mike-mn3so]

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

[@angelajohnson4666]

Agreed

[@marvelouslife1309]

Monopolies is de-regulation at it's worst.

[@NeighborhoodOfBlue]

Anyone here who doesn't know Beau, his channel is Beau of the fifth Column and listening to him keeps me grounded and sane.

[@davepowder4020]

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

[@cherokeejohnson1682]

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..

[@Mirror_of_the_Soul00]

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.

[@Toteke]

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

[@deanvaillancourt2881]

Hello Peeps!

[@christiejudd8349]

I’m Wisconsin born and was raised in farming communities. Although my Dad moved our family from Wisconsin in 1980, my heart will always be with the farmers and hard working ranchers. WE NEED TO STOP CONSOLIDATION and rewind the clock and untie the farmer’s hands and remove the power from the corporate elites who don’t know the first thing about ranching !!!

[@Scriptorsilentum]

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.

[@TheVisualante11]

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

[@robertpolnicky7702]

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

[@the32712]

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

[@davidkuhlman8004]

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

[@Eniral441]

My grandfather had a large cattle ranch (10,000 acres) in Eastern Colorado that now belongs to my uncle. Him and his wife work in jobs outside of ranching, with several side hustles to stay afloat. whereas my grandfather retired, selling the large majority of his herd to his son. He kept "just a few" to stay active. That "few" was 500 head. Today, my uncle can't support 500 head if he wanted to. Between water restrictions from the state and what you talk about here, they are drowning. They sold 3,000 acres too. It truly breaks my heart. I buy directly from ranchers when I can.

[@mv80401]

As a fellow Coloradan I appreciate your story, but will also note that water restrictions from the state are not policy decisions but based on existing water law and water rights which an army of water lawyers is enforcing, as well as the consequence of a climate change driven mega draught in the West.

[@allyson87]

“The pandemic didn’t create this situation; it had revealed the situation.” True for sooo many issues. And now those at the top are trying to put the genie back in the bottle. We can’t fall for “back to normal” bs; “normal” is how we got here.

[@oliviamonteque6407]

It has indeed! The rats are showing their faces!

[@darrylbunch6929]

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 !

[@allyson87]

@@darrylbunch6929 huh?

[@tomjones4318]

I'll take normal over your communism any day.

[@allyson87]

@@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

[@DonJorgeRM]

Didn't expect to see Beau hosting. As for the problem here, it's larger than beef, anticompetitive measures and consolidation have led to monopolies and cartels forming that destroy small businesses across industries and make this situation possible. We need an antitrust movement and policy that nurtures competition.

[@rossodabosso1]

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

[@carl8790]

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?

[@kennethyoung2077]

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.

[@HandyMan657]

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

[@jamentrojcak2852]

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

[@joeanderson8839]

The United States needs to shut down the monopolies of these giant corporate farms. We have to bring back small family farms along with diversity and healthy practices of raising crops and livestock.

[@MWorsa]

Along with favorable conditions, you also need people that want to be farmers for that to happen. Glad we still have small farms in NYS.

[@rogereidem195]

With the price of land and machinery, there is no way one can afford to start up. Unless they inherit it.

[@hummushero9428]

I’m not shedding any tears for people who’s ancestors have been profiting from the enslavement, torture, and slaughter of innocent sentient beings in countless numbers. The Beef industry is unethical and immoral inherently, of course even more unscrupulous individuals are going to try to take advantage of the oppressors, this is the natural order. When this guy said he loves the animals he raises to slaughter 😮 like seriously. I’d hate to see how you treat those you hate. Animal ag is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, Ocean Dead Zones, accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined. Red and processed meat are classified as type one carcinogens (proven to cause cancer) linked to Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, etc.. anyone who thinks eating meat is healthy, environmentally conscious, and moral in this day and age is simply put a Fool.

[@LeileeBaker805]

😢yeah

[@johnsteel5347]

​@@rogereidem195crapitalism says we don't need farmers if they can't afford to farm.

[@stevenschreiber191]

I buy my beef from local farms. I grew up in rural Wisconsin and watched the collapse of our family farms. Dairy farms. So sad to see generations of farmers leaving what they love. We have to regulate greed!!

[@stevenschreiber191]

@@darwinchapmam6343 Sounds like my neighborhood. Corporate farms- manure spills. I love seeing the Amish reestablish ing these farms.

[@johnvieira4436]

I'm a new Yorker and I hear your call farmers. Monopolies came back in the 80s. With deregulation of our laws. Big businesses have our law makers by the balls. And I feel so powerless to help our farmer. Please keep sending out your message until it's front page news. Thank you for your informative you tube stream. Don't stop we hear you.

[@lonekiterrocky]

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.

[@fastrivers812]

@@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.

[@jimbob4456]

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

[@0321Katie]

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

[@josephinehogg3629]

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!

[@CaptainAricDeron]

I grew up with my dad being a veterinarian in a major dairy region of the U.S., and he did a lot of hard work making sure farmers' cows were taken care of and keeping food on the table. Then in the 90s, when the big corporate takeover started to unfold in our area, his income as a veterinarian collapsed by something like 90% from one year to the next as all the local farmers went out of business. He turned out alright because he had a mind for the tech world and made a career change, but this whole deregulation-and-consolidation period has wrecked a lot of the economic future for folks in the Midwestern U.S.

[@kittyhawk-ud3id]

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

[@jred7]

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

[@-EricaCartman]

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

[@kittyhawk-ud3id]

@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.

[@racheldefaut2285]

​@@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.

[@reg8951]

I am a cow/calf rancher in South Carolina. I have witnessed sales with only two buyers and they in with each other on the bidding. They would stop bidding and get cows way below market price since the seller didn’t put a minimum on the animals. I saw one I wanted to buy for the ranch and they stopped bidding below $500.00 so I started bidding and one of them run the price up to $845.00 where he stopped bidding. The only animals that brought what the real market price was had minimum sale prices attached by the auction/sellers. These meat buyers and auctions are rigged against the sellers.

[@PowerGearPerformance]

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

[@seanmcdonald4686]

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

[@stevenhenry5267]

Everything is rigged against us.

[@Ron-rs2zl]

​@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.

[@jujjuj7676]

Well you voted for McMasters so what u expect...😂

[@marceechristensen2533]

Oh Lord I do adore you Beau!!! I hope you recover. Your wife is doing an excellent job filling in for you. No matter what happens, I want you to know you have made a significant difference in my life 💙💙🇺🇸🙏

[@TheMyeloman]

I grew up watching my dad working himself to death alongside his uncle and cousin, a true family farm. I wanted nothing more than to follow in his footsteps but quickly realized there was no way they could afford to take me on as a partner, and no bank was going to gamble on giving me a big enough loan to get started on my own. My dad was the last remaining hold-out until even he had to sell out and now struggles with a 10-12 hour a day, 6 days a week “city” job, meanwhile I abandoned the idea of being a farmer altogether, joined the military, then went back home to an endless string of factory jobs until one made me sick with cancer. In my own way I still hold into that dream by growing what I can in my garden, and buying meat from a local rancher who has it processed at a local butcher, and buying what I can’t grow at local farmers markets.

[@judytelles3518]

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

[@Dinom-tt5wz]

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

[@geraldbennett7035]

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

[@TheMyeloman]

@@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.

[@TheMyeloman]

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

[@bess8523]

😢 Greed sucks. I pray we start loving our neighbors again.🙏🏻

[@mrmustangman]

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

[@normancameron727]

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 .

[@djkk464]

Amen

[@williamrunner6718]

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

[@djkk464]

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

[@Lufu2U]

Finally, this is being talked about. It is tragic and insane.

[@RojaJaneman]

This is exactly how colonialism/slavery operated. Karma!

[@jenniferhunter4074]

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.)

[@natural876]

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

[@natural876]

​@@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

[@marcomoreno6748]

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

[@meltdown7259]

Small businesses are struggling this video recording speaks truthfully

[@Rodshark75]

I grew up on a fairly small hog farm, and yeah... the giant factory farms started moving in and everyone in the area fought it tooth and nail, but they had money to bribe the politicians, so they came in and drove just about everyone else out of business and the hogs, farmers, and product suffered massively as a result. And I am sure that many farmers during that time had a similar experience.

[@richmondvand147]

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

[@vodkacannon]

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

[@Nietsnebarg]

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

[@ellengran6814]

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. .

[@katiekane5247]

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.

[@jollyjosephpaily9039]

Sad fact is rural America votes for the people who are controlled by the corporations who also own our court systems.

[@Ron-rs2zl]

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.

[@relaxlibrary4249]

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

[@relaxlibrary4249]

@@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.

[@whooley8782]

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.

[@levmoses742]

Who also blame other people for all their problems!! It’s sad to witness and know so many ranchers are racist…it’s a distraction vs working people working together. I try to only by from small farms and it’s not always financially reasonable, so I eat less animals. I sincerely hope these farmers can get the support they need!!

[@WynterDragon]

This is a fantastic piece. I'm a small poultry farmer and the story isn't too much different.

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

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.

[@danusdragonfly6640]

@@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.

[@cathjj840]

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

[@timeenoughforart]

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

[@antoniosarmientoluna6497]

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

[@jamieh.]

🫂Thank you for realizing your life is worthy of being here. Every one of you is loved!

[@plowahead1581]

Coy, man, plow ahead. It sucks. But you are HERE! My father, 3rd generation dairy farmer, lost everything in the late 70's. He became a lifelong alcoholic, dropped off mentally and ruined his relationship with two of his three children, got divorced. DO NOT let this define you! What will define you is that you put that gun away. You are talking about it, fighting. I wish you the best. Your real role is now being shown to you. Thanks for the real news, guys. You rock! I have so much respect for you pushing to get the truth out. -Laura

[@eilemoo3272]

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.

[@matthewallen978]

my cousin took his own life because of the beef industry back in 2011 after his farm and livestock were seized, the industry is sick and NEEDS to be brought to heal

[@kimberlybrown6397]

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

[@janebadon3988]

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

[@irenafarm]

A friend of mine was a backgrounder, 3rd gen. They tried getting into chickens to ease the burden, then the chicken products corporations went to the ultra-exploitative model that was worse than what they were experiencing as cattle producers. They were lucky. They inherited a bunch of money and property from her grandmother. She went full time into boutique meats. Her husband turned his hunting hound hobby into a proper kennel. Their son runs a landscaping and compost business out of the old equipment sheds and block bins. Their daughter converted the main barn and sorting lots into a large animal veterinary clinic. I used to raise sheep in the early 2000s. My kids grew up with the farm life and I consider that to be an amazing privilege. I was always frank that it wasn’t a living. Thankfully my husband is in IT and funded our lifestyle. But it shouldn’t be like that, right? We need food, and farmers love to produce food. Why are we letting megacorps drain the joy from that naturally rewarding syncretism? Farming families are an American treasure. It’s horrible that we allowed corporate greed to wreck their ability to do the work that genuinely makes this country uniquely strong. :(

[@baskoller5506]

Then stop voting for corporate bought politicians and finally allow your leaders to reign in corporate greed with laws and regulations. Also, sorry for your loss.

[@matthewallen978]

@@baskoller5506 okay, now go tell roughly 90 million other Americans that and it should work.

[@zedwolf1589]

That graph describes every single working class person in this country. The big guys who don't do any work make all the profits and the person who gets dirt on their shoes gets the shaft.

[@dylanhughes5944]

just rebranded communism

[@signalfire6691]

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

[@digitalspecter]

@@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

[@digitalspecter]

@@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.

[@dylanhughes5944]

​@@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.

[@robertblackwell1350]

I always try to remember something someone told me once, though I've long forgotten where I heard this or who said it. "Maybe tomorrow." Thinking about ending your life? "Maybe tomorrow." Want to slip back into an addiction? "Maybe tomorrow." That phrase has helped me get through a lot of bad places.

[@werbnaright5012]

Man this channel keeps getting better, Sohla and Ham, SecondThought, Robert Reich and now Beau?! Legends.

[@ericpreston8877]

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

[@werbnaright5012]

@@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.

[@loopylynda1974]

Agree with you on SecondThought and Beau!

[@ttunacc]

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

[@thathobbitlife]

Thank you Beau of the 5th Column, and Coy for talking with us all.

[@jamentrojcak2852]

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

[@joshfromga9017]

​@@jamentrojcak2852 womp womp

[@questionasker1749]

ABSOLUTELY! And thank you for your hard work to feed America. I don't buy beef anymore. I can't afford it and feel it's been wesponized, as soon as it leaves the farmers. 😮💔💔🤦‍♀️🙃 12:54 12:54 12:54

[@WendyAlyson]

Please keep reporting on these stories. We need to stop corrupt corporate greed!

[@sam-fc9ky]

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

[@kevinperry581]

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.

[@operationpaperclip3952]

OK so what are you doing about it?

[@operationpaperclip3952]

@@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.

[@operationpaperclip3952]

@@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.

[@billmcmillan7735]

This is an example of many occupations where all kinds of workers in many industries are earning less than they were 59 years ago while the people at the top are becoming exponentially more wealthy.

[@AlexanderSkinnerVids]

Outstanding journalism. It’s devastating to see what is happening to our country.

[@jjjjjjjjkigghh8662]

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

[@TheInsuranceAndTaxGuy]

We are becoming like Venezuela.

[@mikeaskme3530]

@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?

[@mikeaskme3530]

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

[@TheMercilessEye]

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

[@maryjanehensley1363]

I see a lot of this in the state of Montana, but there is a huge advocate for us. The only one I know in Congress that will help the farmers and cattle ranchers out is Senator Tester! Thank you Coy! I lost a job that became obsolete due to deregulation and trickle down economics and yes it is VERY traumatic!

[@rtqii]

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

[@frankd.506]

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

[@smuuthbrane7029]

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

[@jasonlarsen4945]

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.

[@maryjanehensley1363]

@@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!

[@Padq]

These are the topics that should be in the spotlight and telling Americans who is responsible for why this has happened

[@ALL_CAPS__]

Beau is my daily dose sanity. Amazing I have not seen this till now. Everyone needs to give both his channels a follow!

[@allychristiansen]

This happened to my grandfather with his dairy, just a few years ago. He was a really successful local dairyman and then a bank swooped in and took every last drop.

[@samanthaqiu3416]

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

[@a2pabmb2]

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

[@kathopler2827]

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

[@edgaraf9411]

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

[@russell-gt1dy]

What legal means do they have to do that

[@Aaackermann]

Seeing Beau doing a whole documentary from his shed is mindboggling and astonishing at the same time.

[@nekrowga]

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

[@jstevinik3261]

@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.

[@alvarez6487]

@@jstevinik3261 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWHEopauZa10gqs

[@alvarez6487]

@@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.

[@creshiell]

​@@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

[@gleneverett9728]

Great work Beau first time I have caught you on this channel super informative and this is the way we will save America. By spreading the truth and facts !!

[@tanyasteers4802]

I thought it was someone steeling his content or a republican wacko I should have known they ain't bright enough 🤔

[@ChrisRJ]

@@tanyasteers4802 Keep Crying, Commies, lol

[@martywilsonlife]

Beau is the absolute best!

[@ChrisRJ]

@martywilson3843 Lol, yeah, never holding democrats or corrupt non Republicans accountable for anything.

[@mfetterelli]

@@ChrisRJ couldn’t define “communism” if his life depended on it

[@JohnGardnerJr]

Thanks for shedding light on this. So many of us knew nothing of this!

[@scarlthesnarl5581]

My spouse and I had wanted to become farmers in a few years, but when we saw what was happening to both the meat industry and other small time farmers, that stopped that right quick. I would love to be a land steward and feed my community with the crops we would grow and livestock raised, but at this point it feels like walking face first into a wall.

[@davegutierrez5553]

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

[@Suzi195]

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

[@davegutierrez5553]

@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.

[@Suzi195]

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.

[@hung8969]

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

[@TheRuralUrbanist]

The timing of this is great, I talked about what's happening to farmers in my latest video. We need to protect our farmers, they matter! I don't eat much meat, but I still care about the farmers who are stuck in this horrible system. It's also destroying the urban fabric when many of these farms become housing.

[@MichaelAW17]

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

[@TheRuralUrbanist]

@@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.

[@cathjj840]

@@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.

[@signalfire6691]

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

[@maureenharrison6170]

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.

[@SloansCreekFarm]

As a cattle/ hay producer and educator in TX, I'd like to say thank you for bringing such an important economic and food system topic to your platform/audience. This is one of many issues that rural America is currently facing! Great job bringing Beau of the Fifth Column on-board. I've been watching his channel since 2020, and he is the type of independent journalist this country needs. I subscribed to More Perfect Union today! Please keep providing the stories that we need to hear and see.

[@loshemproductions1235]

Keep up the good work! It's Fair season and you and your kids must be busy! I'm getting ready to cover the Robertson County Youth Fair in a couple of weeks and I am busy myself!

[@crystalbluebutterfly]

Hahahahah!!! Good!!! You all need to meet your demise, finally! After 10,000 years of this literal BULLSHIT history of the animal agriculture industry.

[@loshemproductions1235]

@@crystalbluebutterfly I guess you never participated in 4H or FFA. Whatever..

[@johnp7739]

The few times I watched him (her?), Beau was a completely brainwashed dolt who pushed the global elitist agenda.

[@Matt-kt9nm]

Is there no independent slaughter houses to sell to?

[@randifletcher2182]

Thank you for sharing this! I didn't know how it truly worked. I'm not by anymeans unaware. But this shed new light on this corporate problem. We have been a corporation for far too long. It's time too clean house!!!

[@loshemproductions1235]

Thank you for this. I live in a small, rural community less than 100 miles from Lampasas. We're in Central Texas, where much of the cattle, chickens, goats, sheep, soybeans, cotton and much more is grown for American consumption. We've been deeply affected in our community by consolidation. Recently we learned that Sanderson Farms would be consolidating with one of the other big 5. Many of our chicken farmers are worried that their smaller, open air farms will be sold off, or have their contracts expire, unless they build factory farms. Many locals have been forced to do this already and they have had many problems with cost increases due to avian flu, infections due to antibiotic resistant diseases and just loss due to proximity diseases. It's disgusting what these big corporations are doing to farmers and ranchers in America.

[@monicaluketich6913]

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.

[@loshemproductions1235]

@@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.

[@WayneTX254]

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.

[@orlandocuellar437]

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.

[@slewone4905]

@@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.

[@shireenannnickel2650]

What a brilliant explanation of the truth of what’s happening as always from Beau!

[@alaskacaptainjake3140]

I feel this ranchers pain as an Alaskan commercial fisherman we are experiencing the same thing. Operating expenses continue to climb. We get less money for catch and watch the prices in the supermarkets go up. If this trend continues a lot of small family businesses will end up going bankrupt just like the ranchers.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

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?!!!

[@fishmonger7020]

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.

[@gowanwynn9007]

They did. But also the person in this video would probably say they'd rather this than socialism or communism@@Backinblackbunny009

[@zakglove6536]

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

[@ey67]

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

[@nancytaylor511]

Wow! Just Wow! Never knew all of this was going on in the American cattle farmers world. Blessing to all the farmers still hanging in there.

[@nsregelman]

Corporate control of anything destroys it in my opinion. The constant push for quarter over quarter constant growth is only sustainable if consumer income is parallel, it never is.

[@DavidLindes]

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

[@alohatigers1199]

Welcome to capitalism

[@hungedteddy7971]

​@@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

[@reginabell9354]

This. My husband and I had a small herd since the 80s. At first they supported themselves but in recent times he referred to them as furry dependants. He and my son are both gone and although the life is a great lifestyle it's getting hard. Consumers could buy from local butchers and get a superior grass-fed product.

[@DOAN1000]

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

[@inmyopinion651]

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.

[@yorktown1953]

God Bless you 🙏🌹

[@petroonajourney3503]

Regina I am so sorry for your loss.

[@ramspeedmusic]

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..

[@aprilgise3415]

Coy and all the ranchers - my heart goes out to you. American corporate and political corruption is disgusting. We need to keep our American ranchers and farmers. Shame shame Shame on corporate America gouging the ranchers. Stay strong 💪

[@joshua511]

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

[@charlessavoie2367]

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

[@oso9809]

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

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

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.

[@ramonvargas8595]

Joe Brandon govt keep voting Deamoncrap

[@igoodkid334]

Another example of a massive monopoly. We need old fashion farmers. Ever since I saw Foods inc documentary years ago, I stopped eating meat, chicken and pork because of the horrible treatment of the animals. Farmers that raise happy cows that get to go walking around and eat grass, is good for everybody. Why don’t farmers make their own slautter house, bypass the crooked auctions, and sell the meat directly to a center, a meat only grocery store in multiple cities, directly to consumers? You have to get united, raise cows the old fashion way and sell to consumers, with a good marketing campaign, everyone will buy from you and not the toxic overpriced meat, these 4 corporations shove down our throats. Create your own processing plant and distribution.

[@kimhunter8395]

I buy directly from the farmer -Greenfire Farm in Monticello, WI. Grass fed and organic. The cattle graze on pastures planted on former tilled corn fields. This process is called regenerative farming because the grazing cycle rebuilds soil and fertility. Most states have some sort of farm atlas that will connect you directly to the farmers so you can choose what kind of agriculture you want to support. And all the profits go to the farmer.

[@Twister-Tales]

I was a hog farmer through 2020 and suffered the same fate. We couldn't compete with the corporate power of larger farms and we had to sell off.

[@HolliGenett]

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.

[@fantym1633]

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

[@Julie-hj8mb]

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

[@middleagebrotips3454]

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

[@zhenxinbei726]

What can the public do to help?

[@Tracy_R]

Thank you Coy Young for not giving up. You voice has to be heard! We believe in you NEVER GIVE UP, never give in. This is sad. Made me cry. But the general population ignorance is why this is allowed to happen. Education will make a difference. God bless America.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Only cooperation between consumer and grower will find equity we all can live with. Remove the banks and corrupt officials from the mix, and we all benefit, not just a greedy few!

[@lissakaye610]

What we need is being able to purchase from them directly, and locally.

[@Praisethesunson]

10 years ago beef was the last holdout that the meat industry hadn't totally broken. Chicken and hogs have been thoroughly broken and molded to serve mega conglomerates at the direct expense of the poor people doing the actual animal husbandry.

[@joaniejoecottrell8290]

Nailed it!!!

[@Patrick-sg7cm]

Go vegan.

[@JeffCaplan313]

Moldy meat...gross. 🤢

[@Ricatonniisasavage8854]

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

[@buffalo7695]

as a retail meat store owner for 30 years i have seen this coming, and cargil is busy buying up feed,seed and fertilzer operations pretty soon they control it all thats why we slowly dropped them and use a supplier from the 15 % its a much better product but pricey but its very satisfing to know we are supporting local farmers

[@farrahupson]

I wish more people understood that monopolies are the problem. Not just in food production, but energy production, healthcare, etc. Cargill and their ilk have created this economy.

[@davidvanbrunt4233]

Good for you, hang tough pal !!!

[@kimobrien.]

@@farrahupson The problem is private property the property used to exploit others. Once you close the wall street gambling casinos and make corporate stock and bonds into confederate money then you can have a life. But to do that you need to lauch a socialist revolution like what Fidel Castro did in Cuba 60 years ago. Instead of a business government we need a workers and farmers governmnet that controls business instead of business government that controls workers and farmers.

[@seanfaherty]

I knew a guy who told me he got caught up in a pork farming contract that was set up for his farm to fail. Early twenties, buried in debt. Died in a horrific traffic accident while working too many hours trying to clear his name. Garth was alright.

[@edhuber3557]

'Early twenties'. That's it, right there. Think about it.

[@J.K.Steingraeber]

A genuine news story. Outstanding report thank you.

[@natural876]

He's always genuine

[@MarylandFarmer.]

Dairy has a similar story. Dad milked cows 40+ years until it was my turn. Back in the 70's he made money and that's maybe what gave us a good footing. By 2010 I wanted nothing to do with the rollercoaster of milk price and we moved to only crop farming. We were never in a hole but also never made enough to replace things in a timely manner. When the cows left everything was worn out buildings, equipment, us. Milk wasn't making money, it was selling the extra animals we had over the years. Now as a hay and grain operation we actually make money every year or at least don't lose money

[@dbezborodov]

In South Australia, a small group of farmers started their own Dairy facility when faced with a similar situation. They do their own production, warehousing, distribution, and sales. See: Fleurieu Milk Company.

[@cindyn7512]

@@dbezborodov This happened in the Midwest with Deans .... then the Co-op executives screwed over all the farmers.

[@Earthlink2000]

As Tim Klein put it - "The beef business is the purest form of capitalism", so it always focuses on profit and never cares about people or animals.

[@salliedixon6424]

I am fortunate to live in an area with a thriving network of local farmers. I am able to buy all my meats directly from farmers who practice sustainable regenerative practices

[@bertownie14]

Keep us in business please

[@HLBear]

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.

[@brendamartini2165]

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.

[@jumper5029]

I sell directly to my locals

[@larryscarr3897]

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.

[@69kauffman]

This is one of the biggest reasons I have moved to the country and started raising my own food and a little extra for family and friends. I won't go to Walmart and I try to buy from local producers for my own needs.

[@oliviakahlo1]

That’s what we want to do, but our rent is so high we can’t save. We have student loans that effect our credit, as well. We live in a dystopia.

[@69kauffman]

@Olivia Kahlo I have children that went to college got degrees that the workforce is looking for and paid off their student loans off. So loose the crutches and get off your tail and earn your way nobody owes you anything if you want it earn it!

[@oliviakahlo1]

@@69kauffman I mean we both work… and honor our debts…but okay sure. 🙄. Maybe these ranchers should just make better decisions, lose the crutches, lose the federal subsidies, and stop crying that they can’t sell other animals bodies for a profit. If they want it, earn it!

[@69kauffman]

@Olivia Kahlo I don't receive any funding from anyone I raise my own food and I have no problem paying my own taxes and debts. It is possible to do I have no college education but I did have a apprenticeship that gave me a useful trade that supports my family. I Think you are missing the point.

[@oliviakahlo1]

@@69kauffman I don’t get why you are defensive, and why you attacked me just for admitting that we cannot pull off this vision right now. I’m basically saying that I admire your lifestyle choice, but it’s out of reach for us at this time. In fact we’ve been working with a lender to buy property in my old hometown in a rather rural area. We know what we need to do, but our rentals are absolutely through the roof. Our rent is higher than the mortgage on a nice house back home. We accept that our choices weren’t ideally “commercial”, but we have things of value to offer the world. Not everything in life, family, and community can be calculated within some financial model of market capitalism (at least not while raising children is unremunerated). My harsh rebuttal is toward your assumptions about our efforts, conscientiousness, and work ethic. Lots of people work as hard or harder than farmers and ranchers, and don’t get any help or subsidies, or the pleasure and privilege of countryside and open sky. Urban working people aren’t your enemy, or the enemy of these crying ranchers. The enemy is the large capital owners, shareholders who hold greater than 90% of the ROI. Jeez. Go after those lazy fuckers, not me! I’m trying to recover from long CoViD that I caught at WORK, from people too stupid and stubborn to wear a mask when they’re sick. Edited to replace “rural” with “urban” above.

[@tanawilliams7498]

I've known about this for decades. I worked for general foods for a while in the '80s shortly before it became Philip Morris and I saw how many brands were made by them or under their control. And I'm not just talking about a dozen. I'm talking about hundreds. And some of those hundreds are sent to Mexico Central and South America as brands that they used to have in those areas. I was a bit shocked at how much this company owned and I did some research and I was absolutely shocked by what I saw. We are indeed in the new era of robber barons. And it's been happening for decades.

[@CK-jh6xi]

Farming is a tough business. Small producers can’t compete. Live stock nor row crops.

[@ddunning6207]

We need to get this corruption OUT! Start by buying local!

[@charlesgair8608]

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

[@michaelinhouston9086]

Hang in there Coy - the world needs guys like you.

[@jasonjasonson1517]

Thank you coy for staying with us. Hopefully our brothers wake up and realize it’s time to protect our brothers.

[@ninagonzales3030]

I work in a retail store and they’re lying to you. It’s NOT a demand at our stores. I’m disgusted every day because the meat department throws away so much meat. It cooperate greed. Someone needs to stop price gauging and save the farmers. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jadedfarmboy7264]

This video is so important, EVERYONE needs to understand how monopolies are affecting the price and availability of our food supply. It's not just beef, dairy is in the same situation. Maybe worse. At one point, our milk co-op put a number to a suicide prevention hotline, in with the milkcheck. Thank God Corey's wife had forgotten something. His story is one that needs to be heard. The question is, will anyone listen?

[@shellunit]

"No big government" that Republicans promote makes it easier for monopolies to exist yet many of you blindly believe that somehow it's Republicans that are on the side of the little guy, when they're almost entirely for big business. Republican party is mostly funded by big business for their own interest, while fooling many into thinking Republicans are the party is the little people. Not true. That's just a scam.

[@shellunit]

Who is for monopolies? "No big government" Republicans. That's why they say, "no big government".

[@shellunit]

Republicans, at the top, are basically big business that will screw anyone over to get ahead. They say "no big government" because they don't want anything preventing then from screwing other people over. Somehow many of you fall for it. They're out for the little guy. They're not for the little guy. Obviously they have to hide it or they'd never win.

[@chihirostargazer6573]

Dairy farmers should produce plant milks instead, from oats or peas for example. It's healthy, less complicated to produce and also cruelty free.

[@christopherkidwell9817]

No, we won't. Why? Because there is no monopoly in the beef industry. I feel sorry for this man but it comes down to that he is just a FAILED BUSINESSMAN... not that "Oh, there is a monopoly in beef production in this country!" If my relatives in West Virginia as small farmers can produce beef and sell it for a profit, I say anyone can in this country and the problem in cases like this is that these people are not good businessmen or don't want to acknowledge that "Hey... producing beef, milk, etc. here is not profitable anymore!"

[@angelalewis4953]

It truly breaks my heart to think of the American farmers / ranchers who have helped not only build this country, but have kept it fed for 100's of years, losing everything they and generations before them, have WORKED so hard to have. While others who have never done a physical days work in their lives, are getting rich. By running the American ranchers and farmers out of business. Where the heck do they think food to feed us is going to come from? It damn sure doesn't drop out of the sky. Big corporations need to be stopped now. And they need to stop being the ones putting money in their pocket. Because if they had to do the ranchers and farmers jobs. America we would ALL be dead.

[@marvelouslife1309]

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.

[@hummushero9428]

I’m not shedding any tears for people who’s ancestors have been profiting from the enslavement, torture, and slaughter of innocent sentient beings in countless numbers. The Beef industry is unethical and immoral inherently, of course even more unscrupulous individuals are going to try to take advantage of the oppressors, this is the natural order. When this guy said he loves the animals he raises to slaughter 😮 like seriously. I’d hate to see how you treat those you hate. Animal ag is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, Ocean Dead Zones, accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined. Red and processed meat are classified as type one carcinogens (proven to cause cancer) linked to Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, etc.. anyone who thinks eating meat is healthy, environmentally conscious, and moral in this day and age is simply put a Fool.

[@DT-abcd]

I have been warning people for years that both political parties are in on this. They get huge kickbacks from these corporations.

[@cindyn7512]

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

[@whill0216]

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.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Capitalism babeee!!!

[@matticusminot8086]

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

[@zakglove6536]

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.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Bless the rancher. And now we can’t even get 80/20 ground beef for $5.00/pound. Good to see you Beau.

[@jawaidtoppa4151]

Corporate greed is the root of all evil on this planet to all the farmers around the world thank you for putting food on our tables every night and May God bless you great video thanks for sharing it and educating the world and public ❤

[@SpiraSpiraSpira]

My family got out of the business about a decade and a half ago. At that point it was so bad that while we had about 500 head of cattle on 2 ranches we were making VASTLY more money selling hay, so we were basically just grass farmers.

[@matthewarnold4557]

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

[@hummingbird275]

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

[@beatsmith]

This is exactly the kind of education we need in classrooms.

[@Spock_Rogers]

Also civics and the history of the labor movement.

[@eattherich9215]

@@Spock_Rogers: civics is still taught, but there is no national standard and states can decide the content and duration of the course.

[@jessicarowley9631]

The meat industry in both the US and the UK is disgusting. Not only is it cruel to the animals, but it is a massive con for the consumer. Our economic system is broken.

[@rspranchinmontana]

We are facing our last calving season before we too, are forced out of business. We have tried our best to survive but the decks are stacked against us. Between the issues brought up in this program, the pandemic, the wars, shortages and all the things outside of our control? There is the weather and droughts. Raising our animals on this land and bringing our children and grandchildren into this way of life is truly part of us to the very core. We don't know any other life or skill/trade. The government is crooked and the payoffs are benefitting the politicians and the packers and grocers. If this system doesnt change & care for and protect this countrys' ranchers and farmers, we will starve to death and loose a central part of our fiber that holds this nation together!

[@coreenaburke5378]

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!!

[@rspranchinmontana]

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

[@PJ-vw4zu]

See my comment just posted please.

[@rayfletcher3683]

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. .

[@rayfletcher3683]

🇨🇦 BC

[@actsfive30]

This happened to my grandparents a hundred years ago and it's still happening wow....

[@markd.9042]

Ikr?

[@canyonero2050]

The kicker is all these farmers voted for this to happen. They voted for Reagan whom had them all convinced that the trickle down effect was real when it absolutely wasn't. I grew up in the Midwest and every single one of those farmers loved Reagan all while he was largely responsible for putting all of today's monopolies into motion. Those farmers didn't even know there own history of their own industry from just the last 50 years.

[@forlornvaalan7630]

@@canyonero2050 It started decades before Reagan ran for president. Decades.

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@forlornvaalan7630 Bork and Friedman (along with Reagan and neo-liberalism) directly led to the current situation. What you are describing is when the world first dealt with trusts and monopolies and decided it was a harmful side-effect of capitalism. Bork literally said (as stated in the video) that monopolies are actually good and thus the US has dragged its feet on anti-trust since then and we've ended up with the beef cartel and ticketmaster and the 97 summer of love that led to the telecom companies shafting the US citizen on internet access.

[@canyonero2050]

@Forlorn Vaalan After the great depression laws were set into place to discourage and limit the formation of and powers of monopolized corporations. Reagan was the biggest player in dismantling those laws and convincing people that by doing so, they would benefit from "trickle down effect"

[@amypondhikes]

I remember seeing Coy testify. Thanks for giving us more detail and an update, Beau.

[@nomadicroadrat]

Due to higher beef profits (prices), we have moved to chicken and fish. It is not our goal to be vegetarian, but economics is making it so. We expect that soon even chicken and fish will no longer be economically feasible.

[@christyswan882]

Thanks 🙏🏽 for informing the American people about what these greedy corporations are doing to our country! Americans need stop fighting each other and standing up to the corrupt corporations and politicians to save our liveshoof, economic lively hood, health and wellness, and children's future. It's sad what they are doing to our country.

[@tw8464]

Exactly

[@Suzi195]

It's hard to fight monopolies. We went through this before in the early 1900s, I think, based on history it will get worse before it gets better. There has to be à way consumers can purchase meat products directly from the ranchers. It would taste better too. In Iowa we can buy buffalo right from the ranch. Three or four of us go in together and pay for the ànimal which we càn choose from the field if we like. The rancher who owns it, has a very small crew that prepares the meat, wraps it and divides it evenly, I'm sure if consumers had a way to do something like that, and eliminate the corporations, we would be happier with the product and willing to pay what the meat is actually worth.

[@frankdavis4620]

​@@Suzi195uuu77😅yyy7😅😅😅

[@Faji9r]

Capitolim

[@johnmourer5747]

The US economy is one big monopoly. Virtually every industry only has 3 or 4 corporations controlling the price and inventory of goods and services. Creating higher prices and lower or stagnant wages

[@joeynelson4176]

This is info that needs to get out in the public. I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and know very little about farming. But in 1996 I moved to Minnesota north of Minneapolis. Since I lived in farm country, I thought I should reap some benefits. I buy meat from a small farmer and have for atleast 20 years. I don't buy my meat from grocery stores. It is more work but worth it. More people should do this. It's better meat, good for the local community and for the farmers. No one gets rich but everyone benefits.

[@janeblogs324]

Wow, the only comment with the solution. Problem is, people like my mum want to shop for cheap meat 3 times a week, wanting to drive 1 mile not 30+

[@sparhawkable]

I am going to start doing this myself and encourage my friends to do the same!

[@Ouchimoo]

Appreciate you.

[@shanaungreen9753]

Chef here. I butchered so many tenderloins, prime ribs, and rib eyes, I never knew the ranchers got screwed over so badly. We need you guys more than ever.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Lewis Powell, Charles and David Koch, and now Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, led the charge to give all the cards back to big monopolies. I'm stumped on why that was allowed to happen.

[@gregshipman-kd2cu]

If you can't make money sell the farm before you lose it.

[@Gunbold]

This is what unregulated capitalism does…

[@angeladoll9785]

More like this plz! Videos of Beau explaining things & interviewing everyday folks is the best weapon our side has! People inherently trust & listen to him & go on to see things in a different light.

[@jamentrojcak2852]

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

[@jamentrojcak2852]

@@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

[@jamentrojcak2852]

@@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

[@jamentrojcak2852]

@@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

[@angeladoll9785]

@@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

[@warrenthunell2557]

Thanks to all you ranchers and farmers ! Buy locally to support them as much as possible it’s going to be better quality that’s for sure!

[@juansoto2150]

This is truth journalism. Now we, as Americans, are obligated to contact our government officials and demand action. Anti-trust regulations must be reinstated immediately. If those officials continue to ignore the problem, we have a moral and financial responsibility to displace those officials and vote people who will uphold American values and hard work. It is frustrating to hear politicians told about Americans pulling themselves up by their bootstraps when they are colluding with corporations in taking away everyone's boots. I would suggest that the farmers in our country look into reinventing the wheel. Create a market that bypasses the consolidated companies. It may be costly at first, but if something isn't done soon these monopolies will continue to destroy our American way of life.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Or realize that the "big" this and that is actually capitalism. And voting with your wallet is a pure fantasy.

[@jackandblaze5956]

Be careful, that's what people were doing in and around East Palestine Ohio. The Amish farmers were trying to push back against government fines and regulations preventing them from selling non GMO products - so that's why plan B happened. Plus there's a LOT of Cobalt ore there that the financiers who own both the railroad AND mining companies want to be able to strip mine. The Amish farmers were in their way. Now the farmers HAVE to move. Their land has been ruined. Once again - evil wins. I wish normal people would stop worshipping the wealthy oligarchs who are ruining our world - but human nature is against us.

[@randycallow3736]

This is lost on 99.9% of the country.. during pandemic small ranches butcher shops and independent groceries saw a rise in business because of a broken supply chain and it was reported all over.. huge slaughter houses responsible for @20% of pork and similar stories with beef and chicken.. something goes wrong,some kind of outbreak and everything is bottle necked because of just a few places processing for the entire country.. and now that things are returning to " normal" so are the American consumers.. caring only about price..is beef baby formula concentration in the current discussion? Have the problems been addressed and solved? We all know that it's just Whack-a-mole and that the FDA is not doing anything about food or drug anything.. each gotcha journalism report about just how little of our food is tested, inspected or farm to table oversight is scary but if people don't care.. that's the issue.. show cows,chickens pigs standing on top of each other sick..is anyone fixing the problem? Is it a problem to the FDA? Answers are all around us