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JBS USA (JBS S.A.)
US subsidiary of JBS S.A. (Brazil) — the world's largest protein company. JBS USA handles beef (Greeley CO, Cactus TX, Grand Island NE, Hyrum UT) and pork (Worthington MN, Marshalltown IA). ~20% of US beef packing. JBS S.A. controlled by the Batista family, who pled guilty to massive bribery of Brazilian officials in 2017 (Operação Carne Fraca / Operation Weak Flesh); JBS paid $3.2B in leniency agreement. The US Justice Department separately resolved JBS USA-related corruption charges in 2020. JBS is simultaneously a major US food infrastructure company and the subject of one of Brazil's largest corporate corruption cases.
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JBS USA — Greeley, Colorado (Beef) →
USGreeley, Weld County, Colorado · manufacturing
JBS USA's US beef headquarters and largest beef plant. COVID-19 cluster April 2020: plant closed after 102+ workers tested positive, 4 died. Was one of the first major plant closures of the 2020 pandemic. JBS Greeley is also the site of JBS USA's corporate headquarters.
JBS USA — Worthington, Minnesota (Pork) →
USMinnesota · manufacturing
Major JBS pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota. Part of JBS USA's US pork network alongside Marshalltown (Iowa), Cold Spring (MN), and Ottumwa (Iowa).
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Beef (US #2)
55%Poultry (Pilgrim's Pride)
25%Pork
12%Prepared Foods
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Did you know2024
JBS S.A. (Brazil) — through JBS USA — controls approximately 20% of US beef processing, making it critical US food infrastructure. In 2017, JBS S.A.'s controlling family (the Batistas) admitted to paying bribes to hundreds of Brazilian politicians and officials over decades in one of Brazil's largest corruption scandals (Operação Carne Fraca / Operation Weak Flesh). JBS paid a $3.2 billion leniency agreement. JBS USA separately settled US Department of Justice charges in 2020. The company that processes 1 in 5 US beef cattle is the product of a family-controlled Brazilian empire built partly on systematic political corruption — raising questions about the suitability of foreign-owned entities controlling critical US food infrastructure.
Wikipedia ↗Concentration2024
JBS S.A. (parent of JBS USA) is majority-owned by the Batista family and the Brazilian government's BNDES development bank. The world's largest protein processor — controlling ~20% of US beef, ~18% of US pork, and Brazil's largest poultry — is partially state-owned by a foreign government, a concentration of agri-food infrastructure ownership that has no US analog.
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