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Maybe the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet, but how can this be true:

> Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS USA Holdings, and National Beef have gained control of roughly _85%_ of the total hog, cattle, and poultry processing market

If the bar chart that follows that has the following information:

> Percent of meat supply processed by the "big 4":

   - Beef: 73%
   - Pork: 67%
   - Chicken: 54%


Possible resolutions are the fact that the size of the processing market is measured in $, not percent of meat processed, as well as Simpson’s paradox.




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