The author seems to be operating upon the assumption that the meat processors are the bottleneck but provides no support for that assumption. I would like some more information. To my mind, if meat processors are the source of a bottleneck issue, how long has that been the case? From a personal standpoint, I have not seen any indication that they were a bottleneck prior to the pandemic but I will admit I was not looking very hard as meat seemed to be in reasonable supply and at a reasonable price.

Since we know that personnel levels were an issue for just about every industry with the pandemic raging, it would seem a more reasonable assumption that, if these meat processors are the bottleneck, the pandemic and their associated restrictions are the problem which are a the result of government regulation and recommendation. I am no fan of the Biden administration, but the solution they are taking currently is something I find myself more agreeable to rather than just stepping in and buying a major player in the market.