Cattle producers and industry professionals are applauding President Biden’s executive order meant to bring competition into the meat processing sector.

Tim Gibbons with the Missouri Rural Crisis Center says government intervention was needed in the cattle market as producers are struggling while packers make record profits.

“That’s one of the main roles of government, is to be a referee so that competition exists, and that people can be entrepreneurs and make money and stay in their communities and circulate money in their communities,” he said.

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