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As rumors of a wave of intentional fires at US food plants brews on the internet, Powder & Bulk Solids asked fire safety experts for their take on the theory.

Federated Rural Electric offers revolving loan fund assistance.

With 16 U.S. food processing plants destroyed or damaged by fire since Nov. 2021, some to worry the national food supply is under attack.

Earlier this week, the House Ag Committee requested CEOs from the top five meatpackers to testify on a panel on April 27th

Oil and gas companies and meat processors for rise in prices. will inflation persist in the new year? how will the federal reserve respond? we are back with dan henninger, mary ogrady and kyle peterson. mary, the question for 2022, economically, how long will inflation persist or are we going to see it back down to normal levels? >> its elevated and likely to stay elevated until begins to remove monetary accommodations from the system so the question is, when and how much whether that act? one t...

Competition. ive said it before and ill say it again. capitalism without competition isnt capitalism. its exploitation. >> so what is the white house going to do about it? the presidents action plan calls for investing $1 billion federal dollars in independent meat processors through grants and loans. this is all aimed at boosting competition. they also want to launch new regulations into combating abuses here. they are planning to roll out a product of usa labeling rules so that people have a b...

North koreans chowing down on burritos despite a food shortage in the country. yet another story of the origin of the burrito, and the mayans in 1500, and juan mendez in 1910 and 1930 who sold these things from the back of a burro, from which it derived its name burrito, little burro. add this to the story. >> sandra: interesting considering the dire straits the country is in. the white house briefing has begun, the white house says it will step up processing on meat processors, president biden ...

Of beef today cost five bucks compared to less than four bucks before the pandemic. ive said it before and i will say it again, capitalism without competition is not capitalism, it is exploitation. >> jesse: you can tell he is getting up there in age when he is adding a relevant facts to the story, there window. >> geraldo: was yellow, i remember it well, maryam a friend of peters who we know from tennis. >> geraldo: but big meat and the lack of competition and monopoly israel. you have three or...

Help the feds communicate better so as these threats metastasize and materialize, theyll know what their state and local partners know. >> i hate having to talk about this with you guys because it is scary, but its something we all need to face head-on thats coming at us. thank you very much. were also watching the white house where president biden is meeting with farmers, ranchers, and meat processors on the food supply chain. well bring you any news as we get it. first up, a wake-up call f...

And they have to pass those higher input costs on to us, except many, many of these companies are having the highest profits theyve seen since 1950. square this for us. >> well, look, the president as he said yesterday, there are certain markets in which there is a lack of competition. you talked about meat processing yesterday, the big four meat processing countries control 85% of the market for beef, and that means two things. number one, farmers and ranchers looking to sell their items have f...