{"id":2505779,"date":"2025-11-02T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranchers-decry-beef-imports-from-argentina-expert-says-good-start\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:44:09","slug":"ranchers-decry-beef-imports-from-argentina-expert-says-good-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranchers-decry-beef-imports-from-argentina-expert-says-good-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranchers decry beef imports from Argentina, expert says good start"},"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\">20<\/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%2Franchers-decry-beef-imports-from-argentina-expert-says-good-start%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=2505779&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>The article discusses the recent plan to import beef from Argentina to help ease high beef prices in the U.S., which have surged due to a combination of factors including the lowest U.S. cattle headcount since 1951, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-changes-course-now-calls-for-more-drilling-after-demonizing-oil-industry\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Changes Course, Now Calls for More Drilling After Demonizing Oil Industry\">high input costs<\/a> (partly from tariffs), and restrictive import quotas. Marc Busch, an international trade expert from Georgetown University, explains that while importing Argentine beef might provide some relief, it is unlikely to make a notable impact on prices due to limited quotas and political resistance to liberalizing beef imports. The National Cattlemen&#8217;s Beef Association opposes the imports, viewing them as harmful to domestic ranchers and political interference in the market, although concerns about disease and mislabeling were dismissed by Busch as manageable. the article portrays the issue as one where protectionist interests and political pressures prevent a more open market solution, meaning ample price relief for consumers remains unlikely in the near term.  <\/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\">Ranchers decry beef imports from Argentina, expert says good start<\/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_2389242\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/consumers\/\">Consumers<\/a> feeling the pang of high beef <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prices\/\">prices<\/a> at the grocery store may see some relief from a plan to import beef from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a> but it&rsquo;s not likely to be much, according to an expert.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Busch&nbsp;is an expert on international trade policy and law. He&rsquo;s also the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3872115\/arizona-looks-to-legal-immigration-with-trumps-border-security\/\">Arizona looks to legal immigration with Trump&#8217;s border security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3872083\/bessent-canada-reagan-ad-election-interference\/\">Bessent likens Canadian anti-tariff Reagan ad to &#8216;election interference&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3872052\/newsom-imitating-trump-online-mirror-madness\/\">&#8203;&#8203;Newsom says he imitates Trump online to hold &#8216;mirror up&#8217; to president&#8217;s &#8216;madness&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Busch said the increase in beef prices is the result of a combination of factors, including the lowest U.S. beef cattle headcount since 1951.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a shortage of domestic beef. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-inflation-and-95-of-manufacturers-report-supply-chain-disruptions-in-kansas-city-fed-survey\/\" title=\"Record Inflation and 95% of Manufacturers Report Supply Chain Disruptions in Kansas City Fed Survey\">higher input prices<\/a>, not least because of the tariffs, on what it takes to grow a herd, and we have a Byzantine system of import quotas that don&rsquo;t make a lot of sense and that keep trade from filling in where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >domestic production falls short<\/a>,&rdquo; he told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Ground beef prices were up 12.8% over the 12 months ending in August, according to the Labor Department. U.S. beef prices have increased by more than 50% since 2020, according to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU0000703112\">figures<\/a>&nbsp;from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.&nbsp;From September 2020 to September 2025, the price&nbsp;per pound&nbsp;of ground beef increased by more than $2.20.&nbsp;Ground beef prices hit a record high of&nbsp;$6.32 a pound&nbsp;in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently noted that Americans consume about&nbsp;12 million metric tons of beef. About 10 million comes from domestic producers, leaving a shortfall of about 2 million, she said. She said&nbsp;the imports from Argentina wouldn&rsquo;t be limited.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a massive influx in the millions of&nbsp;tons&nbsp;I think that some have thought of beef from Argentina,&rdquo; she told Fox Business in October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Busch said the imports could help, but not significantly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one is opening the floodgates to imports&nbsp;here,&nbsp;this is&nbsp;dilly dallying&nbsp;with existing quotas,&rdquo; he told The Center Square.&nbsp;&ldquo;So even if you were to give that quota to some other country, you run the risk that the pricing wouldn&rsquo;t be viable to make a dent anytime soon.&nbsp;So&nbsp;Australia has way too&nbsp;much&nbsp;quota, but its beef is also way too expensive, and the Argentinians aren&rsquo;t going to step in and suddenly&nbsp;answer&nbsp;the problem.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s not going to happen because they&rsquo;re too small with that quota, but it could make a slight difference in some markets at a certain price point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump recently told U.S. ranchers to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_aa8ed897-2ddd-4ce5-8763-e17d55d68eb3.html\">lower prices<\/a>. Cattle producers hit back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The National Cattlemen&rsquo;s Beef Association and its members cannot stand behind the President while he undercuts the future of family farmers and ranchers by importing Argentinian beef in an attempt to influence prices,&rdquo; NCBA CEO Colin Woodall said in a statement. &ldquo;It is imperative that President Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins let the cattle markets work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Busch called it a politically&nbsp;smart&nbsp;move, but said beef imports from&nbsp;Argentina are unlikely&nbsp;to significantly affect prices at the grocery store for U.S. consumers. He said the dispute was a protectionist one&nbsp;to keep&nbsp;prices elevated. He also dismissed the NCBA&rsquo;s concerns about Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Argentina, saying the country&rsquo;s supply was safe and that any outbreak would trigger a ban on imports. And Busch also called out the NCBA&rsquo;s worries about Brazilian beef&nbsp;being&nbsp;relabeled&nbsp;as from Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. is on guard for transshipment of anything from anywhere through trade partners,&rdquo; he noted, given the existing tariffs that have upended global trade.<\/p>\n<p>The Center Square reached out to the&nbsp;National Cattlemen&rsquo;s Beef Association with questions submitted through a portal on the group&rsquo;s website on Thursday and followed up by phone and email on Friday. The group&rsquo;s media team did not respond.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3865237\/argentina-kicks-socialists-to-the-curb-again\/\">ARGENTINA KICKS SOCIALISTS TO THE CURB, AGAIN <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Busch said the solution is to import more beef, but that&rsquo;s politically fraught and unlikely to succeed anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we had more liberalization of our market, then we might get closer faster, but it&rsquo;s not in the cards.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is an incredibly politically powerful constituent, and their investment in protectionism is&nbsp;second to none. So the answer, which is staring us in the face, isn&rsquo;t on the table, but instead, what you will see is rejigging at the margins and a lot of pressure from the president to lower prices, which smacks of market interference in a way that many Republicans in Congress are not going to endorse. It is in Congress that you&rsquo;re also hearing the loudest opposition, to the point where the narrative is this is a sellout, even with an inconsequential redistributing of quota to Argentina.&rdquo;<\/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>Ranchers oppose Argentina beef imports; expert sees minor relief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2505780,"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\/2025\/01\/YL.Cows_.012225.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[15721,10098,66341,19300],"class_list":["post-2505779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-agriculture","tag-argentina","tag-beef-imports","tag-ranchers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/YL.Cows_.012225.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505779","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=2505779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505783,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505779\/revisions\/2505783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}