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Beef Crisis and Industry Overhaul | Tucson News
The President’s beef plan is pivoting from importing 300,000 metric tons of foreign meat to cracking down on big packing companies—aiming to let ranchers process their own beef. While meant to lower prices for consumers, ranchers fear it’ll crush their profits. Lawmakers from farm states are rallying behind producers, calling the original import strategy unfair. Experts now question safety and regulatory impacts of this sudden industry overhaul. The government’s trying to walk a tightrope: keeping food affordable without wrecking the livelihoods of those who raise it. Imports still roll in…
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