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10/25/2025

10/18/2025

Lowering Beef Prices with More Imports? That’s Not the Solution.

The real problem runs deeper. For decades, failed trade policies have allowed cheap, undifferentiated foreign beef to replace U.S. cattle and beef, driving hundreds of thousands of ranchers out of business and shrinking our nation’s cow herd to the smallest it’s been in decades.

Meanwhile, global beef packers and retailers have gained monopolistic control, pocketing record profits exploiting both cattle producers and beef consumers in the broken market.

Inviting even more imports will only accelerate the collapse of America’s cattle industry and increase our dependence on foreign supply chains.

If we want fair prices for both producers and consumers, we must:
✅ Restore competition and transparency in the marketplace by enforcing our antitrust laws and the Packers and Stockyards Act
✅ Reinstate Country of Origin Labeling to differentiate American beef in the marketplace
✅ Rebuild our domestic herd and food security

🔗 Read our full statement: https://www.r-calfusa.com/r-calf-usa-statement-on-government-effort-to-lower-beef-prices/

08/21/2025

If you're not buying your beef direct from the rancher you can bet your beef is imported from some country with no standards, no inspection, and no traceability. Americans are consuming 2+ billion lbs of mystery meat a year. Know where your food comes from!

U.S. CATTLE REPORT 🌎📈 U.S. Beef Imports Surge to Record Highs Despite Adjustment

U.S. beef imports were trimmed this month to a projected 5.274 billion pounds, down from 5.377 billion pounds, but still marking a new all-time high.

Imports had dipped to just 2.06 billion pounds in 2011, the lowest point in modern history, before steadily climbing higher. From 2011 to 2025, imports have increased by about 156%, underscoring the scale of growth over the past decade and a half.

Since 2019, volumes have consistently exceeded 3 billion pounds, while the long-term average since 2000 stands at 3.15 billion pounds (including 2025). U.S. beef imports have exceeded 2 billion pounds every year since 1984.

🌎📊 U.S. Beef Imports by Year (Billions of Pounds)

🥩 2025 (P): 5.274B (📈 Record High)
🥩 2024: 4.635B
🥩 2023: 3.726B
🥩 2022: 3.391B
🥩 2021: 3.344B
🥩 2020: 3.340B
🥩 2019: 3.058B
🥩 2018: 2.998B
🥩 2017: 2.994B

U.S. CATTLE REPORT: https://www.nationalbeefwire.com/u-s-cattle-report

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07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day! Grateful for the generations that I've celebrated with. RV 4th of July Parade. What a tradition! 🎆❤️

06/18/2024

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