President Donald Trump has asked the Justice Department to investigate the wide disparity between the cash cattle price and wholesale beef prices. “I asked them to take a serious look into it because it shouldn’t be happening that way and we need to protect our farmers.” At the same White House briefing with reporters Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the meatpacking plants that are closed due to COVID-19 will be back in production within a week-to-ten days.
