Senate candidate Rodney Walker applauds DOJ Investigation into corporate domination of the meatpacking industry

November 14, 2025 – MONTGOMERY – U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Walker applauded a recent decision by the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the meatpacking where three corporations: Cargill, JBS USA, and Tyson Foods dominate the meatpacking industry in this country.

President Donald J. Trump recently called on the Department of Justice to investigate the major meatpacking companies, highlighting a problem that farmers and ranchers have long faced: when competition disappears, so does true capitalism.

Walker applauded the decision.

"Real capitalism rewards hard work, fair markets, and open competition," said Walker. "It does not reward price-fixing, collusion, or corporate monopolies that crush the hard-working folks who feed this nation. When the system stops protecting the worker and starts protecting the powerful, it's no longer free enterprise. It's government-enabled control."

As a rancher, Walker has seen firsthand the dangers of power concentrated in too few hands.

"Our rural communities aren't asking for handouts," he added. "They're asking for a fair market and a level playing field."

Walker emphasized that bureaucrats and billion-dollar corporations should not determine the price of food or the fate of farmers.

"I stand for strong, fair enforcement, not to punish success, but to protect the free-market principles that built America. If the system is broken, it's our duty to fix it and return control to the people who built this country: the American worker, the American rancher, and the American dreamer."

"It's time to give the power back to the ranchers who feed America," Walker concluded.

Tyson Foods slaughters over 6.2 million cattle annually and has a 25% share of the U.S. market. JBS USA (owned by JBS SA of Brazil) has 23% of the market, and Cargill (Excel) has 22% of the market. The three along with National Beef are the four largest packers and they collectively control 85% of the total beef market.

This corporate domination is not limited to just the beef business.

Smithfield (owned by the Chinese WH group), Tyson, JBS USA (Swift), and Seaboard Farms are the four largest pork processors in the country. Cargill sold its entire U.S. pork packing business to JBS USA in 2015 for $1.45 billion. The big four pork processors control 67% of the pork.

The four largest chicken processors in the United States are Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride (owned by JBS USA), Wayne-Sanderson Farms, and Perdue Farms. Together, they produce 61.5% half of the nation's ready-to-cook chicken volume.

The three largest turkey processors are Butterball (a joint venture between Seaboard and Maxwell Farms), Jennie-O (A subsidiary of Hormel), and Cargill.

Walker faces a crowded U.S. Senate field that includes Attorney General Steve Marshall, Congressman Barry Moore, former Tuberville aide Morgan Murphy, and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson.

The Republican Primary is May 19,

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