"This is a time of near record high beef prices and demand for beef," Osborn wrote on X. "In a real free market, one would expect packers to want to increase capacity to meet this demand. At a minimum, they wouldn't idle capacity for fear of ceding market share to competitors – who might take advantage of the high prices to expand their own production. But Tyson is doing the opposite. Why?" He answered his own question: "Tyson made a calculation that the profits they will reap manipulating market prices by shutting down this giant plant will EXCEED any loss they incur."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/25/beef-packers-under-fire-prices-soar
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