Hurricane Damage Includes Stress and McDonalds Suit Against Major Meat Packers
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Beyond the damage and complete destruction of property from recent hurricanes is the burden of mental stress.
UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences Dean, Nick Place says they stand ready to provide support in continued damage assessment and rebuilding our state’s No. 1 industry, agriculture.
Trained counselors are available via phone or text at 988 24 hours a day/seven days a week through the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities.
www.gfb.org/news/ag-news/post/state-leaders-acknowledge-mental-impact-of-storm
**McDonald’s has filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, JBS, and other major meat packing companies, accusing them of colluding for years to limit beef supplies.
The suit says the collusion allowed the companies to boost their profits while forcing McDonald’s to pay inflated prices for their meat supplies.
McDonald’s says the companies conspired on January 1st of this year to reduce production levels, which would artificially drive-up market prices.
**Plant-based products started quickly a few years ago, BUT Supermarket News says the market is beginning to settle and evolve.
