{"id":431105,"date":"2026-09-09T23:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431105\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T23:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:14:08","slug":"wolfforth-meat-market-owner-puts-focus-on-quality-amid-tariff-free-beef-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431105\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfforth meat market owner puts focus on quality amid tariff-free beef imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; For more than 70 years, the Hale family in Wolfforth has <a href=\"https:\/\/allhalemeats.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/allhalemeats.com\/\">sold locally sourced meat to the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Trump administration is now allowing imported beef into the U.S. without tariffs, a move meant to ease rising meat prices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIn my opinion, the quality here is way above anything anywhere else,\u201d Hale said. \u201cLike I said, we have fat cattle here, so it has the marbling. We have the USDA, we have different departments that watch over everything to ensure that everything we do is safe for the consumer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With imported meat, the origin and handling of the cow can become a concern. Large meat producers are working to process beef as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe smaller guy does have a harder time keeping up with price, but you\u2019re going to get a whole lot better quality,\u201d Hale said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to know exactly where that meat came from. When you\u2019re buying hamburger meat, it came from one cow, not 100 different cows mixed together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Transparency builds relationships<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hale said transparency, knowing how the cattle were raised, matters most with locally sourced meat. Hale said that transparency builds relationships with ranchers that mass-production plants can\u2019t match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cody Black owns Black Hills Lamb and Cattle in Muleshoe. He has supplied cattle to All Hale Meats for a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cBuying local beef from local ranchers allows you to get to know the producers who can give you the whole history of the background of the animal and you know what you\u2019re getting is a good clean product,\u201d Black said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Why buyers choose local<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That transparency is exactly why John Cobble buys locally. Cobble wants to know his beef has no added growth hormones. Buying local also keeps his money in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen I go to a large box store, you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to get,\u201d Cobble said. \u201cThe meat, these guys here, I trust them, right? So, it\u2019s a much better relationship and it\u2019s probably a lot better food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hale said imported beef moves so fast through production, it never gets the two weeks of aging needed to develop flavor and tenderness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ultimately, it\u2019s up to shoppers to decide what\u2019s best for their family.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. 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