date:Nov 07, 2012
ontrol more than 75 percent of the North American beef market. That, however, would not be that unusual and no company will have a majority marketshare.
Taking the XL purchase option would add about 7,200 head to the JBS daily slaughter capacity in North American, raising it to as high as 35,800. That would make the U.S. subsidiary of Brazilain-based JBS the largest beef producer in North America.
Springdale, AR-based Tyson Foods, with a daily beef slaughter capacity of 28,700 and Wichita,KS-b