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Trump Says He’ll Make It Easier for Ranchers to Process Food After Blowback over His Beef Policies
Trump says the move would help small producers compete as beef prices have risen 3 times faster than grocery prices overall, officials said.
- President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will authorize farmers to "process their own food," aiming to weaken control of the four largest meatpacking firms, while Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins promised further initiatives Monday to "waive red tape in processing."
- Trump's directive follows pressure from conservative radio host Glenn Beck to "break the back of those processing plans," targeting a market where four companies—Tyson, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef—purchase about 85% of U.S. cattle .
- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association rejected the plan as "not a serious plan to strengthen America's beef supply chain," while The Meat Institute warned that "weakening federal meat inspection & food safety standards" could undermine the industry's reputation.
- This directive coincides with fallout from Trump's recent tariff pause on 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imports; Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., criticized the policy as a "slap in the face" that could "throw cold water on the prospect of herd expansion."
- Beef prices reached an average of $6.89 per pound in July, though Matthew Bennett, CEO of AgMarket.Net, noted that processing one's own beef is "not something that everyone's going to do" due to required investment and labor.
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Trump Moves to Expand Meat Processing Options for Farmers, Ranchers
(NAFB.com) – President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is preparing legal action aimed at giving farmers and ranchers more freedom to process and sell meat, a move he says would increase competition in the highly concentrated
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Trump says he’ll make it easier for ranchers to process food after blowback over his beef policies
Trump has faced harsh blowback from cattle ranchers and rural Republican lawmakers over his decision to temporarily pause tariffs on imported ground beef.
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KCRG‘Food safety is NOT red tape’: Cattle group pushes back on Trump’s processing proposal
South Dakota cattle producers are pushing back after President Donald Trump announced plans to make it easier for ranchers to process their own meat.
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