
Mega-Dairies Move to the Corn Belt: Biodigester Grants, Beef, and the Lab-Grown Meat Backlash
Trent Loos welcomes Jay Truitt from Texas to break down the rapid expansion of large-scale dairy operations. They explain why Department of Energy biodigester grants favor farms with 20,000 to 100,000 cows and why dairies are moving toward the Corn Belt, with Nebraska emerging as a growth hub thanks to water and logistics. The pair explore how dairy-beef integration is producing higher-quality beef, why India is hiring U.S. processors, and how government programs fuel consolidation and shrink grazing land. They close with skepticism of lab-grown meat, United Nations predictions, Larry Fink's influence, and the growing consumer backlash against alternative proteins.








