JBS U.S. Cattle Buyers page
JBS’s U.S. Cattle Buyers page lists company cattle buyers by location, including Cactus, Texas; Grand Island, Nebraska; and Greeley, Colorado.1–2
JBS’s 2025 filing says it primarily sells protein products to retailers—including supermarkets, club stores and other retail distributors—and foodservice companies, including restaurants, hotels, distributors and further processors. JBS sells its products to more than 330,000 customers worldwide. JBS’s U.S. Cattle Buyers page lists company personnel by location who buy cattle for JBS.
JBS
JBS lists employees who buy cattle for its U.S. operations1
JBS is a meatpacking company whose co-owner, Joesley Batista, was reported to have met Trump on August 20, 2026, and discussed Brazilian beef supply and import taxes. The report is attributed to the Wall Street Journal’s sources; Reuters said it could not immediately verify it.1–30
Documented connections
JBS →JBS lists employees who buy cattle for its U.S. operations1
Trump’s Beef Import Plan: The Batista Brothers, Bribery Cases and a $5 Million Donation →Included in report1–2
Sources and documents
- https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/businesses/jbs-foods-usa/u-s-cattle-buyers
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1791942/000179194226000004/jbsay-20260630.htm
- https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/jbs-coowner-lobbied-trump-to-lower-beef-import-tariffs-wsj-reports-4883419
- White House: August 26, 2026 beef proclamation
- Pilgrim’s Pride 2026 proxy: Batista ownership/control
- JBS 2025 SEC filing: subsidiary ownership
- Trump–Vance Inaugural Committee FEC filing
- https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00394650/
- https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00394650/?cycle=2024
- https://sustainability.jbsfoodsgroup.com/chapters/customers-and-consumers/
- https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/businesses/jbs-foods-usa
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880117/000095017025110463/jbss-20250626.htm
- Pilgrim’s Pride fiscal 2025 annual report
- Senator Warren: May 19, 2025 donation inquiry
- 11 CFR 110.20: foreign-national donations and political decisions
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1791942/000121390026034213/ea0282342-20f_jbsnv.htm
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1199114/000095013407012518/d47138exv99w1.htm
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000024/ppc-20240401.htm
- https://www.jbs.com.br/en/about/
- JBS USA Announces New CEO — JBS Foods
- https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/people/wesley-batista-filho
- https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2020/34-90170.pdf
- DOJ: J&F guilty plea, October 14, 2020
- SEC enforcement announcement, October 14, 2020
- U.S. Code: 15 U.S.C. 78m
- https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/reuters/2017/09/13/pf-prende-wesley-batista-em-investigacao-sobre-informacao-privilegiada.htm
- https://www.gov.br/cvm/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2023/cvm-conclui-julgamento-de-processos-envolvendo-empresas-do-grupo-jbs-e-seus-executivos
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450123/000121390024026192/ea0201896-20f_jbssa.htm
- https://sustainability.jbsfoodsgroup.com/chapters/who-we-are/about-our-company/
- https://election.org/committee/jbs-usa-food-company-pac-c00394650
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