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Monday, December 15, 2025

Residents of Lexington, Nebraska are panicking after the town's largest employer announced it would be shutting down operations early next year.

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Tyson Foods' decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.

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-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Nov 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Point and laugh at the magat scum

Enjoy poverty

#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-13 11:48 AM | Reply

Lexington, Nebraska is the perfect location for the rotting orange chomo to hold his next klan rally.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-13 11:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

They already are, almost 17% are below the poverty line, compared to NE 9.9%.

#3 | Posted by mattm at 2025-12-13 12:07 PM | Reply

Of course the county voted overwhelmingly gop.

Advice: be still while the leopard eats your face.

#4 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-12-13 03:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Luckily, positions have opened up for vegetable pickers and ICE recruits.

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-13 05:02 PM | Reply

Why aren't the MAGAts crowing about pedo 47's great economy these days?

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-13 07:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Y'all got what you voted for.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-15 10:58 AM | Reply

Remember when Republicans claimed Biden was going to ban beef? Good times.

#8 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-12-15 01:41 PM | Reply

Pedo 47 is as efficient at killing jobs as he is at killing DC cops.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-15 02:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#7 | Posted by Nixon

The article doesn't fully describe the situation. It does talk about the businesses owned by former employees but it doesn't talk employees. The problem is at these places they are already full of immigrants and not MAGA, worth noting virtually all are documented, that came specifically for jobs they could get. They typically aren't voters yet. Probably 2/3rds of the work force or more of the facility are immigrants going off what I have seen documented in articles over the years. There will be undocumented workers too.

#10 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-12-15 02:13 PM | Reply

Not really surprised that none of them want to talk about this.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-12-15 05:03 PM | Reply

Trump hasn't been a friend of this industry but this is Tyson being the greedy beef packer they are. They are dealing with a 75 year low inventory of cattle but this trend was headed here for a while.

Are any of you crying for Tyson? Really?

#12 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:16 PM | Reply

Not really surprised that none of them want to talk about this.
#11 | Posted by Whatsleft

They want to talk about who the libs are really crying for.
So yeah. Not really showing much appetite for talking about the issues.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:19 PM | Reply

Trump was a bad decision. Please don't take the lazy route and accuse me of defending Trump.

But what was Harris going to do to prevent this from happening?

You'll have to display your expertise in the cattle markets and beef production....and how it led to the closure of this facility.

#14 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:38 PM | Reply

www.reuters.com

I'm positive nobody wants to blame any of this on Biden.

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:44 PM | Reply

"But what was Harris going to do to prevent this from happening?"

Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM | Reply

Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM | Reply

You don't say.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM | Reply

-Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

That's not why Tyson is closing this plant. It's the reason for a ton of turmoil in the ag sector but this was going to happen regardless.

#18 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:49 PM | Reply

BTW, there are 2 separate packing plants operating down the road....I suspect some of these workers will get hired pretty quick.

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:55 PM | Reply

thehill.com

Better article on this issue.

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 06:00 PM | Reply

"But in the long run, beef prices may continue to climb even higher than the current record highs " caused by a variety of factors from drought to tariffs " unless American ranchers decide to raise more cattle, which they have little incentive to do."

Harris could provide incentives for ranchers to do that. Trump... wouldn't understand where to begin even if Pinche told him personally. Ranchers are even bigger divas than farmers, that might be part of the problem here. Trump, being a Diva on a global scale, has little patience for all those small-time divas.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 06:02 PM | Reply

Here is an article on why the cattle inventory is so low and how congress could address it.

www.deseret.com

It's not a singular reason why the herd sizes have dropped but it's one of them.

#22 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 06:10 PM | Reply

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