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Trump signs cattle-focused orders addressing MCOOL, meat processing and market competition September 4th, 2026 | RRN Staff President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Friday afternoon aimed at the U.S. cattle industry, directing federal agencies to examine mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, expand meat processing opportunities and step up enforcement of federal livestock market competition…

WHO GETS THE SAVINGS FROM TRUMP’S IMPORTED BEEF? The White House says its new beef import plan will make hamburger cheaper by allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of additional imported beef into the U.S. at a lower tariff. But more imports won’t fix America’s broken beef system. Cheap imported beef does not automatically mean…

EU halts Brazilian meat, animal imports amid safety concerns by Agence France-Presse – AFP BRUSSELS, Belgium Aug 31, 2026 – 11:09 pm GMT+3 A container ship is seen at the loading terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 17, 2025. (Reuters Photo) The European Union said Monday the bloc would stop imports of Brazilian…

DOJ expands beef investigation + USDA delays SARE funding A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team September 2, 2026 DOJ turns its beef investigation toward grocery retailers What happened: The Department of Justice is expanding its investigation into high consumer beef prices to include eight of the country’s largest grocery retailers: Kroger, Publix, Walmart,…

“It has been said that Montana is a cheap date. Outside big money hand-picks candidates with dubious connections to Montana, finances them with unlimited campaign donations, and we end up with senators and representatives who work for the dark money billionaires, not for us.“ Gilles Stockton & Tess Fahlgren August 27, 2026 There will be…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA Communications Director Jaiden Moreland Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and on X here, or view the web version here.     National MCOOL Coalition Launches Petition Calling on White House, Congress…

The business of raising and processing beef in America has been ground to dust in service of profit for publicly traded behemoths like Walmart. David Dayen and Matt Stoller Sep 01, 2026 Welcome to the podcast Organized Money. You can listen to today’s episode on Apple on Spotify, youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts….

Trump’s beef import plan raises questions about JBS influence What happened: Joesley Batista, a major shareholder and board member of JBS, met with President Trump in the Oval Office on August 20th to discuss how additional Brazilian beef imports could help lower U.S. prices if Trump reduced tariffs. The following day, Trump took to social…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     By: R-CALF USA Communications Director Jaiden Moreland Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and on X here, or view the web version here.     R-CALF USA Responds to…

Masters of Food Universe Threaten U.S. Food Security After Trump’s announcement to import 330,000 metric tons of beef trim, the cattle markets crashed, reducing the producer share of the retail beef dollar to 35% compared to 51.3% the previous week. The average USDA reported cash price for finished cattle this week was $2.19/ pound, choice…