livestock
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Under that scenario, Kunisch would expect price increases all along the food chain, starting with the prices paid for young cattle at livestock auctions to beef packers — the meat-processing companies that buy cattle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Since then farms, factories, radio stations, livestock and thousands of family businesses have been expropriated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
By 1966, the United States had eradicated screwworms, but livestock remained vulnerable to reinfestation from screwworms migrating from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Officials say that to combat the spread, ranchers must be diligent about covering wounds on their livestock, to prevent screwworms from taking hold.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
They could raise livestock and crops, using what they needed and selling the surplus.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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The United States
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