Further down the supply chain, former Army Ranger Patrick Montgomery, who runs KC Cattle Company, located outside Kansas City, Missouri, has been stung by high prices.
Further down the supply chain, former Army Ranger Patrick Montgomery, who runs KC Cattle Company, located outside Kansas City, Missouri, has been stung by high prices.
With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
The skin around Hatchet’s eyes swelled and itched and bled.
Many of the companies that are cutting hordes of jobs – and blaming it on AI – had swelled in size during the pandemic years, when tech companies were meeting demand for online services.
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Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
Late in the second quarter the lead swelled to 34-18.
—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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