Trump allows ranchers to process their own beef and sell across state lines

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Etzel, G. M. (2026, September 4). Trump allows ranchers to process their own beef and sell across state lines. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/4714461/trump-ranchers-process-own-beef-sell-across-state-lines/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-09-04 · by Gabrielle M. Etzel

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday allowing farmers and ranchers to process their own beef and sell across state lines, bypassing four large meatpacking corporations. The move aims to lower beef prices ahead of the midterm elections in November by expanding the supply of beef. According to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, 600,000 ranchers have left the industry since 1980. The order will also require country of origin labeling on foreign beef products and streamline health regulations for small-scale meat processing operations.
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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Friday, allowing farmers and ranchers to slaughter their own livestock and process their own food. This move is intended to lower beef prices ahead of the midterm elections in November. The first order allows ranchers to sell their products directly to consumers, bypassing the four largest meatpacking corporations. Trump claimed that this will enable ranchers to "slaughter [their animals] in a cleaner way" and process their meat more efficiently than industrial processors. The second executive order requires country of origin labeling on foreign beef products. The administration hopes that expanding the supply of locally produced beef will put downward pressure on prices at grocery stores.

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Trump said USDA will streamline health regulations for ranchers processing their own meats and selling them across state lines, adding that the agency will “have very strong safety inspections.” But he praised ranchers for being able to process their meat products more efficiently and in a cleaner way than industrial processors.
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🔮 Trump said during the Oval Office signing ceremony that the Department of Agriculture will create “a program where small and medium-sized and large ranchers can sell their products directly to consumers,” avoiding the four large meatpacking corporations.
2026-09-04 · Washington Examiner
Trump allows ranchers to process their own beef and sell across state lines · assertive framing

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President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Friday allowing farmers and ranchers to slaughter their own livestock and process their own food, a measure meant to lower beef prices ahead of the midterm elections in November. asserted
farmers → sign → November
Trump said during the Oval Office signing ceremony that the Department of Agriculture will create “a program where small and medium-sized and large ranchers can sell their products directly to consumers,” avoiding the four large meatpacking corporations. asserted
ranchers → say → corporations
“My administration has taken historic action to help our nation’s great cattle ranchers and deliver American meat processing to the highest standard,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → take → standard
“And any there will be no standard higher in the world, and sold at the lowest prices directly to the consumer.” asserted
any → sell → consumer
The first executive order Trump signed on Friday allows ranchers to slaughter their own livestock and expands the interstate market for local beef producers. asserted
ranchers → sign → producers
The second executive order requires country of origin labeling across foreign beef products. asserted
order → require → products
Expanding the supply of beef by circumventing the four largest meatpacking corporations will, in theory, put downward pressure on prices at grocery stores, helping food affordability. asserted
Expanding → expand → affordability
The move is also a victory for the Make America Healthy Again movement and its emphasis on high-protein diets, with beef at the center of the new food pyramid championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. asserted
move → make → Jr.
Rollins said during the signing that the United States has lost 600,000 ranchers since 1980, but the Trump administration is investing in rebuilding the American cattle herd. asserted
administration → say → herd
“We cannot continue freedom in America without those who feed us and fuel us,” Rollins said. asserted
Rollins → continue → us
Trump referred to the four meatpacking corporations — Tyson Foods, JBS USA, Cargill, and National Beef Packing Co. — as a monopoly and said “they cost our ranchers a lot of money and they cost the public a lot of money and grief.” asserted
they → refer → money
The president also said jokingly he will need security protection for disrupting the industry. asserted
he → say → industry
“They’re not going to be happy when they hear this,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → go → this
“I don’t know who they are, but they’re going to be coming at me at different angles.” asserted
they → know → angles
Trump said USDA will streamline health regulations for ranchers processing their own meats and selling them across state lines, adding that the agency will “have very strong safety inspections.” But he praised ranchers for being able to process their meat products more efficiently and in a cleaner way than industrial processors. asserted
he → say → processors
“You do it cleaner than these four monopolies, two of which are based in Brazil,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → do → Brazil
“So it’s like ridiculous.” asserted
it → ’ → ?
On top of loosening meat processing requirements, Trump’s executive order also directs the secretary of the interior to authorize ranchers to protect rural communities and cattle herds from Mexican gray wolves and other predatory species that endanger livestock. asserted
that → loosen → livestock
Mexican gray wolves are on the endangered species list, but attacks from protected wolf species can cost ranchers hundreds of heads of cattle and other livestock. asserted
attacks → protect → cattle
The executive order directs the interior and agriculture secretaries to work together in developing new guidance on downlisting the Mexican gray wolf on the endangered species list to protect cattle herds. asserted
order → direct → herds
Trump said ranchers were a key voting bloc that secured his reelection victory in 2024. asserted
that → say → 2024
“Ranchers and farmers have always been a No. 1 priority to me,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → say → me
“They like me and I like them. asserted
I → like → them
Based on the results in the election, they like me a lot, and I like them a lot.” asserted
I → base → them
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