Ep. 24 (Dr. Bart Fischer, Professor of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M and Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center)

<p>Challenges in the cattle markets are not new, but the pandemic has herded these problems to the forefront with historic packer profits – a function of spreads between the prices ranchers are paid for their cattle and the prices people pay at the grocery store or other retail markets for beef.</p> <p>In the wake of these unprecedented conditions, Congress commissioned a new report from the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) to examine fed cattle pricing, packing capacity, and related issues.</p>