Cattle Groups React to Trump Comments

President Trump’s comments about high consumer beef prices and possible purchases of Argentine beef has the attention of major cattle groups. U.S. Cattlemen’s Association President Justin Topper stressed the importance of market-driven prices, not mandates or panic interventions. R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard is encouraging the government to address fundamental problems in the beef market, not its symptoms. Bullard said ‘attempting to lower domestic beef prices simply by inviting even more imports will both exacerbate and accelerate the ongoing dismantling of the domestic beef supply.’ The Red River Farm Network reached out to the National Cattlemen’s Association on Friday. An NCBA official said they didn’t have much information on what Trump meant by his comments, and they would make a statement once more details are known.