US EditionRanchers hope Trump's tariffs boost demand for cattle but fear market uncertainty
- US ranchers are cautiously optimistic that Trump's tariffs could boost demand for domestic beef.
- The tariffs stem from Trump's trade policies, but the impact on ranchers is uncertain.
- Ranchers may expand herds if tariffs raise beef prices, but expansion takes at least two years.
- Bryant Kagay stated he dislikes manipulated markets because some will artificially win and others lose.
- Uncertainty remains as ranchers face shrinking cattle numbers and potential loss of the China market.
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Will Beef Tariffs Hurt Consumers?
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Free trade dogma suggests that more imports benefit consumers by affording them more choices and lower prices. Let’s see if this holds true in the U.S. beef market. We’ll go back nine years to 2016. This way our analysis begins well before the widespread drought that began in 2020, and which accelerated the ongoing decline of our U.S. cow herd. Since 2016, the beef equivalent of cattle and beef impor…
Ranchers hope Trump's tariffs boost demand for cattle; some fear market uncertainty
Ranchers hope President Donald Trump's tariffs will make imported beef expensive enough that Americans will turn to cattle raised at home for all their hamburger and steaks. That might raise prices enough to give ranchers the incentive to expand their…
San Diego Union Tribune
Ranchers hope Trump’s tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty
By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rancher Brett Kenzy hopes President Donald Trump’s tariffs will make imported beef expensive enough that Americans will turn to cattle raised at home for all their hamburgers and steaks. That might raise prices enough to give Kenzy and others the incentive they need to expand their herds for the first time in decades. But doing that would take at least two years, and it’s not clea…
Ranchers Hope Trump's Tariffs Boost Demand for Cattle but Some Fear Market Uncertainty
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rancher Brett Kenzy hopes President Donald Trump’s tariffs will make imported beef expensive enough that Americans will turn to cattle raised at home for all their hamburgers and steaks. That might raise prices enough to give Kenzy and others the incentive they need to expand their herds for the first time in decades. But doing that would take at least two years, and it’s not clear if Trump’s tariffs on most of the world besid…
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