This could have several unexpected or adverse reactions. One is that it doesn't work (in terms bringing down prices.) Cattlemen could just hold back production and send fewer animals to market and the prices will keep rising anyway. And if this means less activity for the meatpacking industry, what does that mean for jobs.
Quotes about meatpacking (4 Quotes)
We had expected that the government would lift a ban on U.S. beef after checking U.S. meatpacking plants by themselves.
We regret the disruption the closings will cause our team members and these two outstanding plant communities, which both have a long history in the meatpacking industry.
I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.