Processing disruptions highlight tight capacity and supply chain pressures
GREELEY, Colo. — A strike at one of the nation’s largest beef processing facilities is sending ripple effects through cattle country, underscoring just how tightly wound the U.S. beef supply chain has become.
Roughly 3,800 workers at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colo., walked off the job beginning March 16, following stalled contract negotiations between the company and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. The strike marks one of the most significant labor actions in the U.S. meatpacking sector in decades and arrives at a time when cattle supplies are already historically tight…