The Trump administration is allowing more imported beef into the U.S. for 90 days. The move has drawn concern from the PA Farm Bureau.<\/p>\n
PENNSYLVANIA, USA \u2014 The Trump administration is temporarily allowing more foreign beef into the U.S., a move the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau says could hurt local cattle producers.<\/p>\n
The policy allows more than 300,000 tons of imported beef into the country over 90 days. The Farm Bureau says increased supply could put downward pressure on beef prices at a time when farmers have already paid high prices for replacement cattle.<\/p>\n
Tommy Nagle, president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, says farmers could feel the effects if beef prices fall while their costs remain high.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou start importing beef this way, then it lowers the price,\u201d Nagle said. \u201cThen it does not make it economical for farmers to keep building a herd.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nagle said farmers who recently purchased replacement cattle could be especially vulnerable if beef prices fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cFarmers have purchased cattle at the high beef price, so their input costs are at a high level right now,\u201d Nagle said. \u201cSo now if the price of beef falls, you could have beef farmers that may be breaking even or less than breaking even.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Bob Boyce, a local cattle farmer with Lil Ponderosa Beef, said he is not concerned about the policy’s effect on his operation.<\/p>\n
Boyce, who has been raising cattle for 40 years, says he continues to see strong demand for the animals he sells.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the term oftentimes is much about nothing,\u201d Boyce said.<\/p>\n
At Lil Ponderosa Beef, Boyce sells both beef and breeding livestock, including Angus cattle. The imported beef, he believes, serves a different market than his products.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beef that’s coming in … does not compete with me because it’s gonna be sold in grocery stores,\u201d Boyce said. \u201cIt’s a low-end product. We sell a premium product.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Trump administration’s import plan is set to last 90 days.<\/p>\n
The temporary policy comes as farmers, industry groups and consumers watch how the additional supply affects the broader U.S. beef market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration is allowing more imported beef into the U.S. for 90 days. The move has drawn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-272311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}