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We Went To Nebraska: The Beef Crisis Will Shock You

More Perfect Union | March 9, 2026



Ground beef prices are up nearly 13%, but American cattle ranchers told us that they just took a $17 billion hit.

And every year, nearly 20,000 family farms disappear.

We investigated the corporate cartel who’s profiting off the crisis in American beef production.
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  5. @bcmedic

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    It’s great to see that no US meat products are being bought here in Canada, let alone any products. We need to totally boycott ANY items from the US, at least while that asshole is still in office. You FA and FO. Keep it up and we will cut off the oil and then the electricity.

  6. @BulletmanDoom

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    More clear evidence of how totally fukced you country is. Idiots at the top and clowns at the bottom, the circus continues and the rest of the world laughs

  8. @RNnooch-n4c

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    I raised beef cows for about 10 years, never broke even, definitely didn’t make money, produced excellent beef. Eventually I had to stop. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for current big operation ranchers. Time to change how we think and who we elect to run our government. No Red and No Blue.

  9. @pamela8328

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    I just watch a documentary from a little area in Italy which happens to be one of the richest areas in Italy. They are doing what's called la cupertiva if I spelled that right we're farmers get together and pull their money together and form farming communities in a nutshell. Please someone look it up I thought it would be something fantastic that we could try here in America if we all can set aside our selfishness and greed.

  10. @countrybear50

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    What a complete LIE. I raise cattle in Tennessee, I sold cattle last month and got more out of 4 head than I ever have gotten. Farmers price is up 50 fold 😉

  11. @DougJae

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    Farmers need to cut out the middleman. They’re the ones making all the money. Sell the cow to the customer and the customer has it butchered to their preference

  14. @KBlanca513

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    For the ranchers and farmers that voted for Trump and are now facing a loss of your ranch/farm, I voted for the candidate that wouldn’t have done this to you. I tried. Oh well. Keep having the day you voted for.

  17. @Saaiman1

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    OH IS THERE A MASSIVE DISPARITY OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN A SOCIETY THAT HYPER FOCUSSED ON CAPITALISM. ITS ALMOST AS IF THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE BEST MIX OF CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM ARE DOING THE BEST, I WONDER HOW THAT CAME TO BE
    EDIT: THE JEWS STARTED SWEATING WHEN COMMUNISM TOOK A RISE IN THE COLD WAR, I WONDER HOW THAT CAME TO BEEEEEEE

  19. @MMPCTV

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    Stop voting for republicans! And while some corporate democrats can be just as bad, the party overall has put checks in place to help, but they were all removed by trump and the republicans who gutted anything to do with consumer protection.

  32. @necrotigermancer6569

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    Globalization is great for access to goods but is terrible for countries that have high labor costs. America will never be able to compete with other countries when we import everything. As soon as politicians realize how reliant on other countries we are it will be far to late and world war 3 will cause the entire population to starve

  33. @msmd3295

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    🤣 There's a DEEP IMBALANCE in the Western style of Capitalism. The 'money makers' are all the Middle Men who directly sell consumer products. That system has no ethical or moral foundation to it. Wall Street is where most of the money goes. In fact, the U.S. system holds producers & end users most of the tax burden while politicians and middle men manipulate markets for no other reason other than SELF-INTEREST, i.e. Profit. Even those they may provide 'jobs', just look at the jobs they offer anymore… relatively low wages and almost no other benefits. Unfortunately, ultimately the Fault of that is largely the result of a stupid and lazy voting public who routinely select the worst of human beings to LEAD. Instead of voters electing people who understand what 'civilized society' requires, they can expect more of the same.

  36. @MichaelConstantine92

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    We need to do away with the stock market. It is like the Roman Senate of old – corrupt through and through. We all know Rome was sacked and burned many times and corruption played a huge part in those events. It is time for Wall Street and these corruption middle men in the finance industry to go. Do away with speculators. Food should go directly from farmers to stores to consumers. Wall Street has no place in our food prices. Stop the grift.

  37. @algator55

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    They're taking our clean water they're taking our food sources and last they'll take our air with nothing but toxic pollution, just like they've been telling us in all these stupid movies they put out

  38. @risenfromthepyre

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    What new have we learned? President Trump is a liar to say the farmers benefited from his decision and he is on the side of the billionaire oligarchs who have a monopoly on another industry which is hurting American consumers and farmers.

  44. @Nurse4all

    March 9, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    ALL Americans need to support our farmers. No one wants to think about where our food comes from nor do most seem to care . It’s not just beef ranchers. It’s all US farming

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