Walmart's position is that they will only sell "Walmart genetics" cattle; i.e. cattle produced from bull semen purchased from Walmart.

Processing is definitely the bottleneck, with a big lack of small, local processors. The Democrats want to regulate them out of existence, and the Republicans (Thanks, Sonny Perdue!) are happy to let the big meat packers squeeze them out of business.


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling