JBS muscles into the US beef sector
By: Dean Best | 7 March 2008
The entry of Brazil's JBS into the US beef industry may have raised eyebrows but with the sector in the doldrums, consolidation was on the cards. Dean Best looks at the impact an enlarged JBS will have on US beef.
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The entry of Brazil's JBS into the US beef industry may have raised eyebrows but with the sector in the doldrums, consolidation was on the cards. Dean Best looks at the impact an enlarged JBS will have on US beef.
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