3,200 illegals to lose jobs as Tyson closes beef packing plant as cattle supply dwindles

[1srelluc]

https://www.reuters.com/business/tyson-foods-close-us-beef-plant-cattle-supplies-dwindle-2025-11-21/

Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.

The closure in the heart of cattle-feeding country signaled that supplies will remain tight, forcing meatpackers to pay steep prices for cattle to process into steaks and hamburgers.

Beef prices have set records due to low supplies and strong demand, raising costs for consumers. President Donald Trump said last month that he was working to bring down prices.

Tyson said it will also reduce operations at a beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, to a single, full-capacity shift, affecting about 1,700 workers.

"Tyson Foods recognizes the impact these decisions have on team members and the communities where we operate," the company said in a statement.

Tyson's beef business suffered adjusted losses of $426 million in the 12 months ended on September 27 and $291 million over the previous year. The meatpacker projected the unit will lose $400 million to $600 million in the 2026 fiscal year.

"We all expected a plant to be closed at some point in 2026," said Rich Nelson, chief strategist for Allendale. "I'm a little surprised they're doing it preemptively."

Losses in Tyson's beef business were a turnaround from the fat profits it and other processors reaped during the COVID-19 pandemic, when meat prices soared as infections among plant workers slowed output.

More like blame it on lack of beef when it's their supply of illegals that's dwindling.

Maybe when they reopen they will hire Americans.

 

[1srelluc]

Every time there is a ICE raid on a Tyson facility in my AO it looks like the employees stopped by Fake IDs/SS Cards-R-Us before they applied.

I always did say they should arrest the plant manager and whoever does the hiring too.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

All the illegals will steal bicycles and become Door Dash delivery.

 

[excalibur]

Every time there is a ICE raid on a Tyson facility in my AO it looks like the employees stopped by Fake IDs/SS Cards-R-Us before they applied.

I always did say they should arrest the plant manager and whoever does the hiring too.

If E-Verify were mandatory, we'd end a lot of this.

Mandating the use of E-Verify to protect the integrity of America's workforce - American Cornerstone Institute

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it unlawful for employers to knowingly hire and employ noncitizens who are not authorized to work in the United States. It also required employers to verify employment eligibility. The onus to verify this legal working status...

americancornerstone.org

 

[Seymour Flops]

Every time there is a ICE raid on a Tyson facility in my AO it looks like the employees stopped by Fake IDs/SS Cards-R-Us before they applied.

I always did say they should arrest the plant manager and whoever does the hiring too.

Yes exactly. the corporation should be heavily fined and if possible.Criminal charges brought against the executives.

This is human trafficking. Not as heinous as the buying and selling of little children for sex that the previous administration encouraged. But it is human trafficking for dangerous labor conditions at low pay.

Make it expensive for the profiteers to use virtual slaves and meat packing jobs will pay a living wage and follow osha regulations.

 

[Blaster]

 

[MisterBeale]

America’s cattle chief rips into Trump’s Argentine beef bailout, saying it ‘does nothing to lower grocery store prices’​

America's cattle chief rips into Trump's Argentine beef bailout, saying it 'does nothing to lower grocery store prices' | Fortune

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall said Trump’s idea to buy Argentine beef “only creates chaos at a critical time of the year.”

fortune.com

https://archive.ph/fLRkn

 

[JoeB131]

Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.

The closure in the heart of cattle-feeding country signaled that supplies will remain tight, forcing meatpackers to pay steep prices for cattle to process into steaks and hamburgers.

So your argument is Trump is going to get rid of the undocumented by wrecking the economy?

 

[Meathead]

https://www.reuters.com/business/tyson-foods-close-us-beef-plant-cattle-supplies-dwindle-2025-11-21/

Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.

The closure in the heart of cattle-feeding country signaled that supplies will remain tight, forcing meatpackers to pay steep prices for cattle to process into steaks and hamburgers.

Beef prices have set records due to low supplies and strong demand, raising costs for consumers. President Donald Trump said last month that he was working to bring down prices.

Tyson said it will also reduce operations at a beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, to a single, full-capacity shift, affecting about 1,700 workers.

"Tyson Foods recognizes the impact these decisions have on team members and the communities where we operate," the company said in a statement.

Tyson's beef business suffered adjusted losses of $426 million in the 12 months ended on September 27 and $291 million over the previous year. The meatpacker projected the unit will lose $400 million to $600 million in the 2026 fiscal year.

"We all expected a plant to be closed at some point in 2026," said Rich Nelson, chief strategist for Allendale. "I'm a little surprised they're doing it preemptively."

Losses in Tyson's beef business were a turnaround from the fat profits it and other processors reaped during the COVID-19 pandemic, when meat prices soared as infections among plant workers slowed output.

More like blame it on lack of beef when it's their supply of illegals that's dwindling.

Maybe when they reopen they will hire Americans.

Good

 

[cnm]

Apparently the 15% tariff on NZ beef has been rescinded, so you'll be able to buy value for money, lean, grass fed, growth hormone free NZ beef without Chump's premium.

Or not. Who knows what the deluded fuckwit will do next?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Thread is closed. At no point in that article is it indicated these employees are illegal