An Arizona cattle rancher says cattle producers have been at the mercy of large meat packers for too long.

“Calves that we’ve not retained ownership on have never recovered from that crash that began in 2015,” Jay Platt said.

Jay Platt runs a cow-calf operation with his two sons, but he says the family business hasn’t been the same in the last six years.

“We’ve had some incremental improvement over the last two years, but we are by no means where we were before this market crash,” he said.

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