
Beef Market Volatility and the Fight for Rural America with Jay Truitt
On Rural Route with Trent Loos, Jay Truitt joins from Texas to break down beef market volatility, cattle supply shortages, and shrinking meatpacking capacity. Trent points to the loss of 28,000 beef processing spaces since January 17 and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's interest in buying the closed Tyson plant in Joslin. The two explore why the eastern U.S. needs new processing plants, how rendering and byproducts like hides, leather, and collagen add value, and what Goldman Sachs' move to Dallas says about companies leaving coastal cities. They also tackle rural economic development, bedroom communities, and Walmart's impact on small-town businesses.






