Meat Industry Merchandisers – What leverage do they have?

The segment of the beef supply chain closest to the consumers may  have more leverage than we realize on how cattle are raised and priced.  We wrap up our webinar series hearing from meat industry merchandisers  who work on the opposite side of the packing industry as cattlemen to  hear what goes into negotiation beef prices.
Speaker:
Kate  Miller, known as “The Meat Lady” online, is a 3rd generation cow calf  producer from southern Arkansas. With ten years of domestic and  international meat sales experience working with Sysco, US Foods and  other broadline distributors and retailers—she tries to bring meat  industry experience back home to the farm–to help tell the story of beef  from trailer to table.