Should the US import foreign beef?

[Jason]

The price of beef is ridiculous, but the beef lobby doesn't like this move by Trump, but then again, of course, people (ex: beef lobby) are going to support whatever gets them more profit.

 

[Joe Riley]

I have no beef with vegetarians.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I don't care much for meat products except fish. I do order canned corn beef and hubby eats ground beef and chicken often.

 

[Don Alaska]

Hard to balance industries. Trump doesn't want to deal with Brazil since it is something of a dictatorship under the thumb of China. I am sure he is willing to import from Argentina however. Mexican imports have been curtailed due to widespread screw worm infestation in the live cattle that had been brought across the border. The USDA spent decades and millions to eradicate the screw worm in U.S. cattle herds, so live cattle from Mexico are banned to protect the U.S. herds from being re-infested. The U.S. cattle herds were allowed to decline to record low levels by the Biden Administration since they considered beef to be a Greenhouse Gas generator. It will take some years to build the herds.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

I agree with everything that you have written, @Don Alaska , and we have also had some losses in the cattle industry from the floods and also unexpected winter blizzards.
The droughts caused bad years with the alfalfa crops, and we also had grain loss due to floods or other weather disasters, so people could not afford to feed their livestock, and a lot of cattle were simply sold off because the rancher had no feed for the whole herd. Now, they have to grow the herd back to have enough cattle to sell ; so ranchers are keeping the calves.

It will take a while, and President Trump warned us that this is how it would have to be; but he is a big supporter of our ranchers and farmers, so he will help the industry get back on its feet again.
Once most of the illegals are gone, there will be more of everything for Americans again, so food prices will come down, and also rental prices should come back down, too.
As more manufacturing companies open up here in the US, prices on a lot of things should become more affordable.

 

[Don Alaska]

I agree with everything that you have written, @Don Alaska , and we have also had some losses in the cattle industry from the floods and also unexpected winter blizzards.
The droughts caused bad years with the alfalfa crops, and we also had grain loss due to floods or other weather disasters, so people could not afford to feed their livestock, and a lot of cattle were simply sold off because the rancher had no feed for the whole herd. Now, they have to grow the herd back to have enough cattle to sell ; so ranchers are keeping the calves.

It will take a while, and President Trump warned us that this is how it would have to be; but he is a big supporter of our ranchers and farmers, so he will help the industry get back on its feet again.
Once most of the illegals are gone, there will be more of everything for Americans again, so food prices will come down, and also rental prices should come back down, too.
As more manufacturing companies open up here in the US, prices on a lot of things should become more affordable.

I don't know if things will be more affordable, but the money should stay in the country, ands most folks should have more cash to spend.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I just checked a canned beef product and it comes from Brazil, though I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised.

This senile nutjob has a take on Argentine beef. Honestly, it actually sounds like a good thing.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I don't eat very much red meat, I'm more of a white meat kind of guy, I love fried chiken, pork chops, etc. The only red meat I've had in the last two and a half years is an occasional Baconator from Wendy's. But if you decide you want one, don't get a Son of Baconator. Those are basically Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers with an extra "see through" patty and applewood bacon bacon, and they're definitely not worth $7.89.

 

[Nancy Hart]

I rarely eat beef but get a hankering for a steak a few times a year. If you keep your eyes open, you can sometimes get a good steak at a reduced price. I assume it's because they aren't selling many quality cuts of steak at well over $20 a pound. I got a beef loin tenderloin steak at Publix last week for about $15/pound, normally $22/lb., because it had started turning dark. Still 2 days left on the sell by date. Best steak I've had in years.

Similar thing for ground beef. At times Publix has put their 95% fat free under a label of 80% to get rid of it. I can tell the difference immediately. (I prefer the 80%)

 

[Don Alaska]

For years, most of our red meat was moose. I never cared for caribou as it was dry and stringy mostly suitable for sausage and sometime a stew. We don't get much game meat any more, and there are only two of us, so it is mostly pork and chicken with a bit of beef thrown in, usually in the form of ground. I was once a big beef guy, and our youngest son has become that as well. Our three Alaska sons are still big meat eaters, with the elder two eating mostly game they have harvested themselves. The youngest eats beef from Costco.