Showing posts with label ranchers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ranchers. Show all posts
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Trump signs pro-rancher actions amid beef import outrage - POLITICO
The White House’s latest plans are designed to boost U.S. ranchers who were largely worried about the administration’s moves to lower beef prices...
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Why the U.S. cattle herd is at a 75-year low — and what it means for beef prices : NPR
A number of factors have been pushing livestock numbers down, including rising costs, drought, international competition and increased consolidation in the cattle industry. Now, there are fewer American farmers and ranchers than there were even a few years ago, according to Bill Bullard, CEO of the cattle and sheep producers group R-CALF USA. "We have likewise lost the cows that they once maintained," he said. "So we have seen our herd shrink at an alarming rate for the past several decades."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5719511/beef-cattle-herd-food-prices
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Trump’s inner circle is divided on his efforts to lower beef prices. Now he's halting plans entirely. - POLITICO
Internal disagreements over a White House plan to allow more beef imports highlights the president's challenge to balance the interests of consumers and the cattle industry...
Saturday, May 16, 2026
‘$30 for a hamburger’: Trump’s facing no good options on beef prices - POLITICO
This could be a political lose-lose where ranchers who supported Trump are furious and public opinion stays sour because consumer prices don’t go down,” said Lori Wallach, the director of Rethink Trade, an offshoot of the left-leaning American Economic Liberties Project...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
White House plans to reduce barriers to beef imports in an effort to lower prices - POLITICO
Reducing tariffs on beef imports is likely to infuriate ranchers...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/11/trump-executive-order-lower-beef-import-tariffs-00914323
Friday, October 24, 2025
Monday, September 23, 2019
Farmers and Ranchers Know What Climate Change Feels Like. They Just Wrote Congress Demanding Action - Mother Jones
A coalition that unites farmers and ranchers behind the Green New Deal hopes to set a new tone for how the agriculture sector relates to policy solutions to address the climate crisis and ensure farmers have a voice in the debate. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/09/thousands-of-farmers-and-ranchers-tell-congress-they-are-crucial-to-the-climate-fight/
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/09/thousands-of-farmers-and-ranchers-tell-congress-they-are-crucial-to-the-climate-fight/
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