"The largest single donor to Donald Trump's inauguration was Pilgrim's Pride, a poultry processor that contributed $5 million to the Jan. 20 festivities, more than the combined donations of Meta, Amazon and Apple. And in the first quarter of 2025, its parent company spent more than $500,000 lobbying the administration, doubling its expenditures compared to the same period last year. Since then, the processor and its parent company, Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS, have benefited from several major policy decisions by the Trump administration."
"In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted its approval for JBS to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which was celebrated by the company's global chief executive officer, Gilberto Tomazoni, as a moment that would start a "new chapter in our trajectory" by improving capital access and its long-term growth prospects. A month later, the Department of Agriculture announced that it would allow meat processing facilities like Pilgrim's Pride to accelerate their line speeds."
Pilgrim's Pride donated $5 million to Donald Trump's inauguration while parent company JBS more than doubled lobbying spending to over $500,000 in Q1 2025. JBS obtained SEC approval to list on the New York Stock Exchange, a development framed as improving capital access and long-term growth prospects. The Department of Agriculture allowed meat processing facilities to accelerate line speeds and said it would stop requiring certain worker safety data deemed redundant, despite some studies linking faster speeds to higher health risks. The Food Safety and Inspection Service has faced staffing reductions and contract cancellations for inspectors, moves welcomed by industry groups.
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