Expanded beef imports fail to lower retail prices, pressure cattle producers

Livestock economist James Mitchell at the University of Arkansas says President Trump’s expanded beef import plan hasn’t provided noticeable price relief for consumers and has pressured cattle prices. “All of this mattered a lot to producers, regardless of how much of that beef was imported,” he says. In August, President Trump announced a plan to […]

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