Rollins Downplays Significance of Argentine Beef Imports

During an appearance on Fox News, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins reiterated President Trump’s pledge to lower consumer beef prices while supporting cattle ranchers. “Those two goals are not mutually exclusive,” said Rollins. “In America today, we consume 12 million metric tons of beef per year, and historically, 10 million metric tons we produce ourselves, two million we import in. This is not new news. What we’re talking about in Argentina is going from 20,000 metric tons of the 12 million total to about 60,000 or 80,000 metric tons of the 12 million total.”