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submitted 11 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world

All 10 of the largest U.S. meat and dairy companies have lobbied against environmental and climate policies, resisting climate regulations, including rules on greenhouse gases and emissions reporting. This is according to a study by New York University, which examined the political influence of the 10 largest meat and dairy companies in the United States.

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[-] mrpants@midwest.social 36 points 11 months ago

The 4 largest companies control 70% of the market. Markets tend to be one to three companies taking the lions share and then a long tail.

The top 10 will easily round up to 100%.

I'd also be hard pressed to find a meat producer that actually supported climate initiatives and wasn't some super small farmer.

https://www.reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-control-us-beef-industry-2021-06-17/

[-] Crazypartypony@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They couldn't be top 10 if they supported those initiatives. It's selection bias. Only the ones who couldn't possibly support those policies and still be in their position are counted. It's pretty misleading, even if it's a large portion. Besides, it's the 10 largest US companies. There's a bunch not in the US, obviously the US doesn't make up 100% of the industry. It's just the place that's most concerned with profit over anything else, it seems.

[-] mrpants@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Wow nothing gets past you.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

70% of the market (...) easily round up to 100%

That's some real special math you have there, willfully ignoring probably millions of people as irrelevant and probably just as bad as some of the worst in the world 🤦

and wasn't some super small farmer

But I thought you just said that such a thing doesn't exist! 70% being 100% and all..

Besides, you know that sustainable farming co-ops exist and many of those deal in meat and dairy, right?

Some of them are quite large, in spite of your insistence on eliminating them to defend a headline that reads as something a crazed PeTA activist would shout at people 🙄

[-] force@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Can you read? He said 4 companies make up about 70%, he didn't say 4 companies make up 100%... he said 10 companies would round up to 100%. You are illiterate

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It was super early and I hadn't had my coffee yet, so I missed that detail. My overall point still stands.

[-] force@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ok sorry for calling you illiterate, but yeah I do agree the title shouldn't just be a blatant lie (even if it's close to the truth in terms of market share)

[-] mrpants@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's some incredibly misleading editing of my comment which is already above so why bother. It's just weird. I do hope you get better.

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