OMAHA- How did the Beef State run out of beef during the pandemic? The beef supply chain somehow broke, and had been for a long time before the pandemic brought the issue to light. Infrastructure has grown to match natural resources which should allow the Sand Hills to produce a lot world-class cattle.

Packing plants once had to be hyperlocal as refrigerated transport was not around. Now, plants have moved away from those areas and have come to places like South Omaha and Chicago. 80% of the market is made up of only four packers. Nebraskans deserve to continue to earn premium prices for their product. Everyone in the state should support new packing plants/lockers in order to insure that supply chain remain intact and also creates more jobs.

Creating a state inspection program could help packers go through less work to sell their product and could allow families to buy directly from ranches. This is the state's largest industry and it need support.

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