There are at least three oil/gasoline refineries here in MT.
MT is a major beef producer
It costs me more here than back east for both meat or gasoline.
I’m sure the cost of living is a great deal greater there than here in Ohio too. You don’t think the rancher’s are being squeezed by the monopolies. It’s the same old story FRiend. The biggest consumer market in the world would suggest cheap prices for us, that most certainly isn’t the case except for some Chinese junk. The recent ruling against the US where we can’t even tell where our meat comes from is a prime example of being sold out by our government. A 33 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico and tens of thousands of illegals cross our border every month.