Beef consolidation

I'd been meaning to writeup something about the big consolidation going on in the beef industry, but been so damned busy lately. That being said, I think there's something really beautiful about this take from Beef Magazine.

I've always wondered if those who heard Abraham Lincoln give his Gettysburg Address, saw the first cell phone, or gazed at Jesus Christ crucified upon a cross, really realized at the time that they were part of something historic. These are events that altered the world, but their significance probably wasn't completely understood at the time.

The announcement this week that JBS had reached an agreement to buy National Beef/U.S. Premium Beef (USPB), Smithfield Foods' beef interests (packing plants and feedyards), and Conti Group's half-interest in Five Rivers (the world's largest cattle-feeding company) is the type of significant event that might be considered historic from a cattle-industry standpoint.

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集英社（東京都千代田区）が隔週で発行する漫画雑誌「グランドジャンプ」に連載中の料理漫画「ダシマスター」に登場する背景や食材などの絵の中に、ウェブサイト上の写真画像に類似したものがあることが分かった。現在事実関係の確認を進めており、今月２１日発売の第３号から、当面の間、同作品を休載する。

　ティンバーランドグランドジャンプは「ビジネスジャンプ」と「スーパージャンプ」を統合し、１１月１６日に創刊されたばかり。ダシマスターは平成２１年９月にビジネスジャンプで連載を開始。６巻まで単行本が発売され、累計発行部数は１５万６千部。