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Beef prices have skyrocketed since the 1970s. What changed? We went from thousands of local, independent processors down to 4, and the Big Four no longer compete against each other. They also rigged prices against the ranchers who raise cattle, driving many small ranches out of business. The Beef... show more

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For decades, cattle and beef prices moved together, when beef prices went up, so did cattle prices. But that changed in 2015. Since then, beef prices have climbed while cattle prices lagged behind, creating the widest gap in history. That disconnect is proof of market failure in America’s beef market. Ranchers and consumers are both being exploited while imports rise and the government fails to enforce our antitrust and fair competition laws or restore country of origin labeling. 📽️Watch: Has the Beef Market Failed?

For decades, cattle and beef prices moved together, when beef prices went up, so did cattle prices. But that changed in 2015. Since then, beef prices have climbed while cattle prices lagged behind, creating the widest gap in history. That disconnect is proof of market failure in America’s beef market. Ranchers and consumers are both being exploited while imports rise and the government fails to enforce our antitrust and fair competition laws or restore country of origin labeling. 📽️Watch: Has the Beef Market Failed?

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We need antitrust investigations NOW to break up this beef cartel. Beef at the store is $10 a pound while live cattle prices are crashing. That’s not an accident. It’s market manipulation by the Big Four multinational packers who control 85% of the beef processing in America. They’re squeezing ranchers out while jacking up prices for you. President Trump is already fighting foreign dumpers to help our producers. In Congress, I’ll take on the corporate cartel and the bureaucrats keeping prices high and ranchers down. Watch the full interview and join the fight at

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James O'Keefe

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For decades, four corporations controlled the beef market. They crushed ranchers. Closed processors. Raised prices on families. So we stopped asking permission. We built our own supply chain. The American Rancher Alliance is a producer-owned network of ranchers, processors, and retailers moving beef the way it should’ve always been done: Local. American owned. Transparent. And now it’s real. Cattle are scheduled. Processors are online. Beef starts shipping at the end of February. This is the ground floor. If your company wants to stand with the people who actually feed this country… Become a Founding Sponsor. Help rebuild the American food system from the dirt up. You can watch history… or help make it. #AmericanRancherAlliance #FoodSecurity #SupportLocalRanchers #KnowYourFarmer #TakeBackOurFood

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Bill Bullard of R-CALF USA says America lost 106,000 beef cattle operations in just five years — and it wasn’t an accident. “Since 2017, we saw beef prices going up… and cattle prices going down.” “The latest census shows that just in the five-year period from 2017 to 2022, we lost 106,000 beef cattle operations.” “The reason that’s happened is because they’ve suffered long-term lack of profitability.” “It’s because their market is dysfunctional.” “It’s because imports have displaced our domestic production and our opportunity to expand.”

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Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families. As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history. As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices. This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TS: Aug 21 2026, 6:52 AM ET )‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌

Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families. As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history. As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices. This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TS: Aug 21 2026, 6:52 AM ET )‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌

Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X

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Global packers claim we need more beef imports because America can’t produce enough. But the facts say otherwise: - The U.S. beef cow herd is the smallest it’s been in 70 years. - Beef demand and consumption are up. - Ranchers and consumers are paying record prices. - Imports now make up more than 20% of domestic consumption — double what they were 40 years ago. Imports aren’t “filling a gap.” They’re replacing what American ranchers used to raise here at home. It’s time to protect the U.S. market, rebuild our herd, and restore truth in labeling. 🎥 Weekly Address: Why Is the Herd Shrinking Amid Record Beef Prices? #LabelOurBeef #USAbeef #MCOOLintheFarmBill

Global packers claim we need more beef imports because America can’t produce enough. But the facts say otherwise: - The U.S. beef cow herd is the smallest it’s been in 70 years. - Beef demand and consumption are up. - Ranchers and consumers are paying record prices. - Imports now make up more than 20% of domestic consumption — double what they were 40 years ago. Imports aren’t “filling a gap.” They’re replacing what American ranchers used to raise here at home. It’s time to protect the U.S. market, rebuild our herd, and restore truth in labeling. 🎥 Weekly Address: Why Is the Herd Shrinking Amid Record Beef Prices? #LabelOurBeef #USAbeef #MCOOLintheFarmBill

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What is behind the rise in beef and steak prices? 1) Meatpackers have consolidated into just 4 major companies controlling the market 2) Smaller cattle herds during the Biden years, persistent multi-year droughts, high cost of feed, lack of water. 3) Many ranchers bailing out, selling land for development

What is behind the rise in beef and steak prices? 1) Meatpackers have consolidated into just 4 major companies controlling the market 2) Smaller cattle herds during the Biden years, persistent multi-year droughts, high cost of feed, lack of water. 3) Many ranchers bailing out, selling land for development

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NEW: Trump pledged to lower grocery prices, but beef prices are up 12.8% and coffee prices are up 20.9%. Now, Zohran Mamdani is offering a radical solution. We went out with THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 to ask New Yorkers — including Trump voters — what they think of city-owned grocery stores.

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Trump’s plan to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef sounds massive—until you realize it equals only SIX DAYS of U.S. beef production. That is not enough beef to permanently lower grocery prices. But it is enough foreign product to push cattle prices down, undercut American ranchers, and hand the greedy Big Four meatpackers even more control. America already has the smallest cattle herd in 75 years. We should be rebuilding American agriculture—not making our country more dependent on foreign food. And consumers deserve to know the truth: Foreign beef can be mixed with American beef and sold without clearly telling you where it actually came from. The American Rancher Alliance is being built to change that. We are creating a producer-owned, fully traceable beef supply chain where cattle are born, raised, and finished in the United States. Consumers will be able to scan a QR code and see the actual ranch, how the cattle were raised, and the standards behind their beef. No foreign beef. No mystery meat. No corporate loopholes. If Washington refuses to protect the integrity of American beef, American ranchers will do it ourselves. Learn more and stand with American ranchers at #AmericanRanchers #AmericanBeef #ForeignBeef #CountryOfOriginLabeling #COOL #BeefPrices #CattleRanchers #CattleIndustry #FarmersAndRanchers #FoodSecurity #BuyAmerican #AmericanRancherAlliance President Donald J. Trump Secretary Kennedy Joe Rogan Tucker Carlson Gridiron 🏈

Trump’s plan to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef sounds massive—until you realize it equals only SIX DAYS of U.S. beef production. That is not enough beef to permanently lower grocery prices. But it is enough foreign product to push cattle prices down, undercut American ranchers, and hand the greedy Big Four meatpackers even more control. America already has the smallest cattle herd in 75 years. We should be rebuilding American agriculture—not making our country more dependent on foreign food. And consumers deserve to know the truth: Foreign beef can be mixed with American beef and sold without clearly telling you where it actually came from. The American Rancher Alliance is being built to change that. We are creating a producer-owned, fully traceable beef supply chain where cattle are born, raised, and finished in the United States. Consumers will be able to scan a QR code and see the actual ranch, how the cattle were raised, and the standards behind their beef. No foreign beef. No mystery meat. No corporate loopholes. If Washington refuses to protect the integrity of American beef, American ranchers will do it ourselves. Learn more and stand with American ranchers at #AmericanRanchers #AmericanBeef #ForeignBeef #CountryOfOriginLabeling #COOL #BeefPrices #CattleRanchers #CattleIndustry #FarmersAndRanchers #FoodSecurity #BuyAmerican #AmericanRancherAlliance President Donald J. Trump Secretary Kennedy Joe Rogan Tucker Carlson Gridiron 🏈

American Rancher Alliance/Hufeisen Ranch

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There is certainly no shortage of beef in our own country, but lowering prices requires relaxing a suite of crony regulations designed to protect Big Agriculture from the competition of local and independent farmers. Thomas Massie TheBlaze BlazeTV

There is certainly no shortage of beef in our own country, but lowering prices requires relaxing a suite of crony regulations designed to protect Big Agriculture from the competition of local and independent farmers. Thomas Massie TheBlaze BlazeTV

Free the People

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TRUMP JUST CUT A DEAL ON GROUND BEEF. For the next 90 days, the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef in with no out-of-quota tariff. That beef will be sold at 25% below current market prices. This does two things at once: - Lowers the price at the grocery store for working families - Gives American ranchers breathing room to rebuild the cattle herd that got crushed under Biden Biden left us with record-high beef prices and the smallest herd in modern history. Trump is fixing both. This is how you put Americans first.

TRUMP JUST CUT A DEAL ON GROUND BEEF. For the next 90 days, the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef in with no out-of-quota tariff. That beef will be sold at 25% below current market prices. This does two things at once: - Lowers the price at the grocery store for working families - Gives American ranchers breathing room to rebuild the cattle herd that got crushed under Biden Biden left us with record-high beef prices and the smallest herd in modern history. Trump is fixing both. This is how you put Americans first.

Gunther Eagleman™

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🚨 JUST IN: In a huge win, President Trump has struck a deal to MASSIVELY lower the price of beef for working families — new beef is coming in 25% cheaper “For the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff!” 👏🏻 “We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.” “This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP” 🇺🇸 Awesome!

🚨 JUST IN: In a huge win, President Trump has struck a deal to MASSIVELY lower the price of beef for working families — new beef is coming in 25% cheaper “For the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff!” 👏🏻 “We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.” “This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP” 🇺🇸 Awesome!

Eric Daugherty

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The facts are clear: America’s beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since the 1950s. As of January 1, we have just 27.6 million head of beef cows. Over the past decade alone, we’ve lost more than 17% of our cattle ranchers, with over 100,000 ranches disappearing across the country. This is the reality we inherited — driven by the radical left’s climate alarmism, years of drought, wildfires, market volatility, and overregulation. President Donald J. Trump and this administration are committed to reversing that trend — strengthening the American beef industry, supporting our ranchers, and preserving this way of life for the next generation. 🇺🇸🥩

The facts are clear: America’s beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since the 1950s. As of January 1, we have just 27.6 million head of beef cows. Over the past decade alone, we’ve lost more than 17% of our cattle ranchers, with over 100,000 ranches disappearing across the country. This is the reality we inherited — driven by the radical left’s climate alarmism, years of drought, wildfires, market volatility, and overregulation. President Donald J. Trump and this administration are committed to reversing that trend — strengthening the American beef industry, supporting our ranchers, and preserving this way of life for the next generation. 🇺🇸🥩

Secretary Brooke Rollins

411,624 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Wondering why your Christmas roast was more expensive this year? Maybe it had something to do with the fact that just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market. Higher prices for you. More profits for them. We must break up Big Ag.

Wondering why your Christmas roast was more expensive this year? Maybe it had something to do with the fact that just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market. Higher prices for you. More profits for them. We must break up Big Ag.

Robert Reich

846,936 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren

“We’ve lost 86,000 cattle feeders like me.” “Over half of our cow-calf producers are gone.” Farmer Mike Callicrate just delivered an urgent plea to Congress: “Break up the corporate middlemen who are extracting an unfair share of the retail dollar while denying a fair income to producers and workers.” “Since I first got into the cattle industry in 1972, retail meat prices have become increasingly disconnected from cattle prices as monopolistic middlemen push producer prices lower and consumer prices higher.” “The producers’ share of the consumer dollar is now around 50% in beef, down from around 80% in 1970, when we had a lot of independent meat packers all over the country working with independent grocery stores.” “What can be done?” “We need to reform USDA’s meat inspection service to make it more workable for small processing plants.” “Invest in local regional food infrastructure and outlaw government purchasing of meat from large, multinational and foreign-owned corporations.” “That business should go to small and mid-sized slaughter plants, keeping the wealth from agriculture local, creating jobs, and revitalizing rural communities.” “We’re now relying on imports at a time when dietary guidelines are re-emphasizing high quality protein.” “Small plants like mine need fair food policy.” “Small processors have essentially no access to wholesale markets due to unfair advantages and predatory practices of big food companies.” “It’s past time to enforce antitrust laws and break up the meat monopolies like Congress did in the 1920s.” “Otherwise, consumer prices will remain disconnected from prices paid to producers, and will likely keep rising.” Mike Callicrate

“We’ve lost 86,000 cattle feeders like me.” “Over half of our cow-calf producers are gone.” Farmer Mike Callicrate just delivered an urgent plea to Congress: “Break up the corporate middlemen who are extracting an unfair share of the retail dollar while denying a fair income to producers and workers.” “Since I first got into the cattle industry in 1972, retail meat prices have become increasingly disconnected from cattle prices as monopolistic middlemen push producer prices lower and consumer prices higher.” “The producers’ share of the consumer dollar is now around 50% in beef, down from around 80% in 1970, when we had a lot of independent meat packers all over the country working with independent grocery stores.” “What can be done?” “We need to reform USDA’s meat inspection service to make it more workable for small processing plants.” “Invest in local regional food infrastructure and outlaw government purchasing of meat from large, multinational and foreign-owned corporations.” “That business should go to small and mid-sized slaughter plants, keeping the wealth from agriculture local, creating jobs, and revitalizing rural communities.” “We’re now relying on imports at a time when dietary guidelines are re-emphasizing high quality protein.” “Small plants like mine need fair food policy.” “Small processors have essentially no access to wholesale markets due to unfair advantages and predatory practices of big food companies.” “It’s past time to enforce antitrust laws and break up the meat monopolies like Congress did in the 1920s.” “Otherwise, consumer prices will remain disconnected from prices paid to producers, and will likely keep rising.” Mike Callicrate

Farm Action

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