AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump signs executive orders letting ranchers process and sell their own meat across state lines
President Trump signed two executive orders empowering cattle ranchers to bypass the handful of corporations that dominate American meat processing, a move aimed at lowering beef prices and giving producers direct access to consumers nationwide. Standing alongside ranchers and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Trump announced the orders on Friday, calling them "historic action" to break […] The post Trump signs executive orders letting ranchers process and sell their own meat across state lines appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump signed two executive orders empowering cattle ranchers to bypass the handful of corporations that dominate American meat processing, a move aimed at lowering beef prices and giving producers direct access to consumers nationwide. Standing alongside ranchers and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Trump announced the orders on Friday, calling them "historic action" to break the grip of four major meatpacking companies that together control roughly 85% of U.S. processing capacity . The president framed the signing as a direct answer to record retail beef prices and years of razor-thin margins that have squeezed family ranching operations toward extinction. The first order directs the USDA to let ranchers slaughter and…Open