Trump’s Cheap Beef Plan Angers Ranchers Already Hurt by Tariffs
Trump will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free ground beef imports over 90 days, as GOP ranch-state lawmakers warn it could hurt domestic producers.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to enter tariff-free over the next 90 days on Truth Social, aiming to lower consumer prices.
- The U.S. cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in 75 years, while beef prices have steadily increased since the pandemic, reaching $6.89 per pound last month according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Research from the USDA suggests that four major companies buy about 85% of U.S. steers and heifers, with limited processing capacity potentially driving down prices ranchers receive for cattle.
- Republican lawmakers including Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., criticized the plan as a "quick fix" that undercuts domestic producers and fails to address long-term supply challenges.
- Virginia Farm Bureau President Scott Sink warned that greater reliance on imports does not strengthen the domestic industry, while Nebraska Cattlemen president Craig Uden said producers are "trying their darndest" to increase production.
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Iowa cattlemen react to Trump's decision to import more beef
President Trump has announced he’ll allow countries to import more beef into the U.S. without triggering a higher tariff for the next 90 days, a decision that has drawn a strong reaction from Iowa cattle producers. Trump announced on his “Truth Social” platform that he’s negotiated a deal that will see 300,000 metric tons of […]
Trump’s Cheap Beef Plan Angers Ranchers Already Hurt by Tariffs
Georgetown, Texas — President Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily allow 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free beef imports is drawing unusually sharp criticism from ranchers and Republican lawmakers who say cheaper foreign supply could further squeeze struggling American cattle producers. Trump says the 90-day policy will lower grocery costs while giving the depleted U.S. cattle herd time to recover. Ground beef averages about $6.89 per pound nation…
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