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USDA hears how it should spend $500M on meat sector capacity

09/15/21 6:35 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Agricultural Marketing Service Anderson Meats and Processing competition Dermot Hayes Iowa State Food and Environment Reporting Network Food Safety and Inspection Service Keri Jacobs Keri Jacobs University of Missouri meat industry National Pork Producers Council North American Meat Institute Platt Cattle Company Tyson Foods United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
USDA must try to address the severe labor shortage afflicting agriculture as a whole, including the meat industry, numerous commenters told USDA as it determines how to spend $500 million to increase capacity in the sector.
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