GOP pushback grows over Trump’s call to buy beef from Argentina
- President Donald Trump proposed importing more beef from Argentina to lower U.S. prices, prompting immediate criticism from American cattle ranchers while no final agreement exists.
- Supply pressures such as droughts and the smallest U.S. cattle herd since 1961 have driven the average price of ground beef to $6.32 per pound.
- Trade associations urged focusing on domestic measures such as completing the New World Screwworm facility in Edinburg, Texas, and warned importing would undercut domestic ranchers and producers.
- Republican lawmakers escalated their objections by sending formal letters and seeking meetings, while Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said ranchers are "furious" and called the move a betrayal.
- The USDA announced actions to support ranchers, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said 'We are committed to ensuring the American people have an affordable source of protein and that America’s ranchers have a strong economic environment where they can continue to operate for generations to come' amid a near $20 billion Argentina bailout this month.
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