Trump Announces Plan to Let Ranchers Process Their Own Food The Trump administration has proposed revising existing regulations that govern how livestock are processed for human consumption, allowing ranchers to take greater control over their food processing.
This move has sparked both enthusiasm and skepticism within the agricultural industry. Currently, meatpacking companies handle most of this work under contract with large scale ranching operations.
However, agricultural subsidies provided by the US government have led to a concentration of market share among a few large players in the industry, creating inefficiencies and favoring large scale production over smaller, more localized farming operations.