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Rod, Tyson never had a beef interest until they bought IBP in 2001 I believe it was. They were leaders in Chicken before that and saw IBP had the desire to move into case ready product, a move that Tyson was already familiar with in chicken.


So based on that timing of events, and your claim that they just keep building profitable business, they took money from their chicken profits to invest in beef.


You still can't show how them building a trucking division is taking profits away from producers. What would be the difference if they stayed status quo and paid the profit back to shareholders? It still wouldn't be passed back to producers. There is no law, incentive or whatever to pass all profits back to producers.


From Tysons last year statement ( I forgot to post the link it is avaliable off tysonfoods.com)  they didn't make any money in beef. All corporate profits were from chicken and pork.


Is Tyson happy about that? Not according to recent moves they have made to be more competative in beef. They are closing plants that don't pay and consolidating work under 1 roof. If they didn't care about beef profits why not just sit tight and live on chicken? If they sit tight they will get run over.


Do you believe case ready 10 minute roasts or other quick beef items help sell more beef or less? That is key to understanding if Tyson is helping beef demand or not.

Tyson must believe they can operate a trucking division cheaper than they can hire outside firms. If they are right, either the other packers will have to match their transportation costs or fall behind in efficiency.


What animal is usually the product of a ranch?
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