Trump, cattle ranchers
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Trump administration plan to temporarily waive higher tariffs on beef imports has drawn backlash from U.S. cattle ranchers.
On Friday, Trump said the US would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported with no out-of-quota tariff over the next 90 days.
President Donald Trump said he is working to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own meat instead of having to use USDA-inspected facilities, a policy that appears to have originated during a conversation Wednesday with conservative radio host Glenn Beck.
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Cattle ranchers, producers frustrated with prices
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota ranchers and producers are dealing with high beef prices and low cattle prices. Hundreds of cattle are being sold at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock, but just weeks ago,
Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, have introduced the bipartisan Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd (RANCH) Act.
Trump says the deal will cut beef prices by 25%; Florida ranchers say it disrupts markets already under strain.
Mexico has resumed live cattle exports to the United States after they were halted for nearly two years by restrictions imposed by the Trump administration following a screwworm outbreak
As he watched the lingering drought that has unfolded this year hit his pastures in La Cieneguilla, Jose Varela Lopez opted to cut the size of his cattle herd by more than half — a hard decision wrought by hard times.