{"id":2504332,"date":"2025-10-29T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-farmers-say-trumps-argentina-beef-plan-hurts-them\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:10:50","slug":"illinois-farmers-say-trumps-argentina-beef-plan-hurts-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-farmers-say-trumps-argentina-beef-plan-hurts-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois farmers say Trump\u2019s Argentina beef plan hurts them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-farmers-say-trumps-argentina-beef-plan-hurts-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Illinois beef producers are expressing concerns over President Donald TrumpS plan to increase beef imports from Argentina, which he promotes as a way to reduce grocery prices. while Trump views the move as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-smearing-extremist-gop-candidates-show-what-j6-probe-bidens-fiery-speech-were-really-about\/\" title=\"Dems Smearing \u2018Extremi...\u2019 GOP Candidates Show What J6 Probe, Biden\u2019s Fiery Speech Were Really About\">short-term strategy<\/a> to stabilize food costs and support a close ally, many U.S. farmers, particularly in Illinois, warn that it could harm domestic producers. Since the proclamation, cattle futures prices have dropped significantly, negatively impacting farmers&#8217; earnings, even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-robust-output-in-2022-beef-prices-expected-to-rise-in-coming-years\/\" title=\"Despite Robu... Output in 2022, ... Expected to Rise in Coming Years\">retail beef prices<\/a> have risen. Illinois Beef Association Director Josh St. Peters criticized the policy for favoring South american beef over American beef, arguing it undermines local markets and rewards foreign competitors. Producers urge a focus on stabilizing domestic markets and maintaining consumer confidence in U.S. beef.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Illinois beef producers say Trump&rsquo;s Argentina beef plan hurts farmers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2386933\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illinois\/\">Illinois<\/a> beef producers express frustration over President Donald Trump&rsquo;s plan to expand beef imports from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, a move he says will lower grocery <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prices\/\">prices<\/a> but that many warn could hurt U.S. farmers already struggling with tight margins.<\/p>\n<p>Talking with reporters last week, Trump defended the plan as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-pushes-further-cuts-transparency-to-build-back-better-bill-citing-inflation-cbo-score\/\" title=\"Manchin Pushes Further Cuts, Transparency To \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Bill, Citing Inflation, CBO Score\">short-term measure<\/a> to stabilize food costs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3867748\/minneapolis-public-school-employees-vote-to-authorize-strike\/\">Minneapolis public school employees vote to authorize strike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3867749\/472-bonds-on-ballots-statewide-totaling-least-90-billion-tax-increases\/\">472 bonds on ballots statewide totaling at least $90 billion in tax increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3867524\/newsom-success-millions-invested-california-redistricting-measure\/\">Newsom ready to claim success after millions invested in California redistricting measure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The only price we have that&rsquo;s high is beef, and we&rsquo;ll get that down,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;One of the things we&rsquo;re thinking about doing is beef from Argentina. If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down. I&rsquo;m not talking about that much from Argentina, but it would help Argentina, which we consider a very good country, a very good ally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Beef Association Director Josh St. Peters said producers already feel market volatility since Trump&rsquo;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The markets have at least been able to help producers break even and try to make a little money to pay their bills,&rdquo; said St. Peters. &ldquo;In the five trading days since the President pushed for increasing imports of beef from Argentina, we&rsquo;ve seen a steady decline in the futures markets for live cattle and feeder cattle. That&rsquo;s directly impacting the amount of money that farmers make.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>St. Peters said Trump&rsquo;s recent push to import beef from Argentina, meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-72-days-of-fury-top-time-interview-takeaways-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...\u2019s \u201872 days of fury\u2019: Top Time interview takeaways - Washington Examiner\">lower grocery costs<\/a>, is instead hurting farmers: cattle prices drop up to 12% while grocery prices rise.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we call the boxed beef indicator, that&rsquo;s the beef trade metric between grocery stores and retailers, has actually increased over the last week and a half,&rdquo; St. Peters said.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say Trump&rsquo;s Argentina beef deal reduces reliance on China, but many Illinois farmers who backed his &ldquo;America First&rdquo; agenda are now questioning the policy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump campaigned pretty blatantly on an America first agenda,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But beef producers and farmers in general at this point are feeling very disenfranchised because this is a South America first agenda that he&rsquo;s proposed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In recent remarks, Trump said that the policy would not &ldquo;benefit Argentina more than U.S. farmers,&rdquo; calling the South American nation &ldquo;a country fighting for its life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have no money. They have nothing,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;If I can help them survive in a free world, I happen to like the president of Argentina. I think he&rsquo;s trying to do the best he can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>St. Peters warned that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trade proposal risks undercutting<\/a> U.S. producers while rewarding competitors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Essentially, they&rsquo;re putting a premium, according to President Trump, on beef in South America versus domestically produced beef,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;By importing from Argentina, we&rsquo;re bringing in South American beef and our understanding of trade in Argentina is that a lot of the beef that makes its way through their market for export actually originates in Brazil.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>St. Peters said the focus should be on stabilizing domestic markets and keeping consumer confidence high.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3867091\/illinois-delegation-supports-redistricting-hesitancy-black-lawmakers\/\">ILLINOIS DELEGATION THROWS FULL WEIGHT BEHIND REDISTRICTING DESPITE HESITANCY FROM BLACK LAWMAKERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re encouraging consumers to continue buying beef at the grocery store, to continue dining on beef when you&rsquo;re out,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Beef Association, based in Springfield, represents more than 17,000 beef producers statewide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois beef producers say Trump&#8217;s Argentina beef plan harms farmers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2504333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bird-Fly-zzx1.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45248,66099,66098,3634],"class_list":["post-2504332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-agriculture-policy","tag-argentina-beef-plan","tag-illinois-farmers","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bird-Fly-zzx1.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504336,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504332\/revisions\/2504336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}