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'Not okay': Disappointed ranchers go on exploitive-filled rant against Trump
What happened
AlterNet, citing a Washington Examiner report published Thursday, says Kansas ranchers condemned President Donald Trump over high diesel costs, expanded beef imports, and immigration enforcement that could disrupt meatpacking. One farmer said Trump did not know what he was talking about; rancher Chuck Madron accused the administration of abandoning domestic producers while admitting beef from Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.
Stockyard owner Tylen Layton told the Examiner that higher transportation costs were depressing cattle-auction prices by roughly $300 to $600 per…
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