Last week, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack charged the U.S. meat industry with unethically profiting off of Americans during the pandemic. A charge totally refuted by the facts, including those unveiled by USDA career staff economists and witnesses at a Congressional oversight hearing. Now he is feigning concern that large meat packing companies cannot ensure adequate food for Americans during a crisis. Specifically, he is quoted saying:  [we’re] “better off having multiple plants in multiple locations — smaller facilities to produce enough product. And that may mean a little less profit, but it means that if you have an incident like this that threatens your workforce, you'll always have sufficient operation capacity&hel...

TAGS – Livestock, North America