Mark Traylor

Are these really the USDA priorities when it comes to beef?? Secretary Rollins, you happily announced at least 9 appointments to the USDA on Twitter But there’s a rather big one you didn’t tweet about.. Justin Ransom: Tyson’s former exec now running FSIS, the agency that regulates Tyson Interesting what you choose to announce and what you don’t The USDA should address Tyson’s recent history as it affects both ranchers and consumers Tyson settled price-fixing cases for: • $221.5M (Chicken - 2021) • $85M (Pork - Oct 2025) • $55M (Beef - Oct 2025) $361.5M in anti-consumer anti-rancher price fixing settlements. Now their former exec regulates them. The fox isn’t just guarding the henhouse, it's running it Your "Plan for American Ranchers and Consumers” is mostly recycled announcements that dodge the real problem: Meatpacker monopoly control A few token measures for ranchers, but the plan pushes more centralized control with zero state authority. The USDA is still pushing mandated EID ear tags and surveillance tech that helps Tyson & Big Meat track and control supply. Family ranchers need less federal oversight, not a digital leash for corporate benefit. Ranchers are literally asking for the opposite. Where’s antitrust enforcement? MCOOL? PRIME Act support? Tax relief? Ranchers and consumers have access to information like never before. We’re knowledgeable and aren’t won over by rhetoric.. we want real action. We’re fed up with meat packers controlling the ranching industry. We could be a wealthy nation if we fixed this corrupt system and unleashed it to thrive. We have good Americans ready to work for their communities and country. Yet we keep getting vague “America First” messaging while actual Americans get put last. There’s always some entity stepping in front of Americans to take what they worked for. We aren’t asking for handouts, bailouts, or corporate welfare. We want real America First policy at every level, stop letting meatpackers dominate the industry and get the government out of the way. Let Americans handle ranching and watch it thrive. Prices will lower for consumers, Profits will grow for ranchers, small communities across the nation will thrive once again.