If you take a car trip anywhere outside the major city centres of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, etc (and from what I hear, Texas) you'll inevitably see many, many head of cattle milling about in fields. I would put forth that no farmers really want to mistreat their animals, and will go at great lengths to keep them as safe as they can - this year's cyclone blizzard in Nebraska was especially indicative of this[0]. Farmers generally don't have a complete supply chain anyway - they sell their animals at the stockyard to whichever packing plant is buying them.

[0] https://www.omaha.com/news/plus/heavy-snow-freezing-temps-ha...

I don't think farmers really want to mistreat their animals. It is apparent that some farms put profit ahead of suffering. I would like to be able to look up a brand of meat in the grocery store and have them document how they take care of the animal. I would like to be able to make an informed decision in the marketplace. Saying it is impossible because farmers don't manage their supply chain is a way of answering my question.

I cannot imagine its economical for anyone in South Dakota to have these "factory farms".

What do you mean? Do you think "factory farms" are less capital efficient than farms that would try to minimize suffering?

When you have ranches like South Dakota, yeah, I think they are too expensive given the number of cattle.

Is this video faked? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixI7HxF0JmU