r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 3d ago

"He needs to resign. That’s the bottom line.” Ranchers are outraged over Trump’s move to flood the market with 300,000 metric tons of discounted beef.

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u/mishma2005 3d ago edited 3d ago

Trump is trying to make it so they can butcher their own stock for market w/o using the USDA so they’ll have that going for them!

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u/ValuableCoast5931 2d ago

Yeah how’s that going to work though? There are more costs with that. There aren’t enough inspectors now- get ready for the free-for-all of mystery ingredients and who knows what kind of contamination. I’m sure most farmers are not going to do anything stupid, but there are -always- bad actors or people who are not smart enough to do things right. If the beef won’t sell locally, then there’s more expense to ship it somewhere. Then there’s the matter of who is going to buy their beef at higher prices after Trump floods the market with tons of cheap beef coming in under a heavy cloud of mystery over where they came from. The man likes to talk so much, let him tell us where’s the beef coming from.

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u/IluvPusi-363 2d ago

Return with me to the days of rustling cattle, only the beeves are cut up, frozen and vacuum packed

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u/IrascibleOcelot 2d ago

The thing is, they already can. USDA grading is optional that they pay for. The reason that they pay for the USDA inspections is because they can get much more for certified top-quality meat than they can for random, “I guess it’s ok, maybe” ungraded beef.

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u/Plane_Translator2008 2d ago

Really, aren't screw worms just "alternative protein"?

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u/Mosh19845150 1d ago

Sounds like this is a great plan I’m sure we can trust farmers to butcher ethically and safely yup