Why Beef Prices Keep Rising — And Ranchers Aren’t Getting Rich | Monologue Monday

Text the show! Beef is more expensive than ever. So why aren't America's ranchers getting rich? Because here's the part almost nobody tells you: The rancher doesn't really set the price. And neither do you. In today's Monologue Monday, Chad follows the American food system from the meat case backward — through cattle processors, patented seeds, tractor software, poultry contracts, government regulation and the $390 billion Farm Bill. And the same pattern keeps appearing. The farmer owns the ...