Megadrought,' Big Meat Packers Drive Prices Up For Wyoming Beef
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Years of drought and dealing with big meat packing conglomerates has limited the supply of beef available to consumers, driving prices up at grocery stores and record profits for Wyoming ranchers.
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Given what we know about the mega-drought underway in the American West, what impacts can we reasonably predict regarding population movements and food security for the next 100 years? - Quora
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