Farmers Association Demands Congress Investigate Trump Beef Deal ‘Betrayal’

Photo: President Donald J. Trump – August 14, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work. Article by Hugh Cameron. Newsweek – August 28, 2026.

Members of Congress are being urged to investigate President Donald Trump’s plan to import hundreds of thousands of metric tons of foreign beef in a bid to lower grocery store costs, amid growing frustration from farm-state lawmakers and the nation’s embattled ranchers at the proposal. Under the plan, the administration would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings into the U.S. tariff-free from a still-unspecified source country for a 90-day period beginning September 1—which Trump said would then be sold “at 25 percent below current market prices.” […]

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Photo: The first Mexican cattle—inspected, treated, and cleared under U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) multi-layered import protocol—enter the United States at Douglas, AZ., on August 24, 2026. […] Photo credit: USDA Media by Lance Cheung via Flickr. Public Domain.

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