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by everdev 2604 days ago
Yes, it's sad on many levels. Never heard of a billionaire farmer though. Maybe Purdue (chicken)?
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honkycat 2604 days ago
Tyson, Cargill, JBS, National Beef are all multi-billion dollar companies whose owners are billionaires.

Calling them "ranchers" is probably a stretch though, haha!

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yellowapple 2603 days ago
Yeah, definitely a stretch, and one that I feel distorts the picture.

"Billionaire ranchers" conjures up an image of some guy with a cowboy hat and gold chains in a mansion overlooking endless expanses of pastures and barns. In reality most independent ranchers don't live so lavishly :)

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