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Headline: South Dakota Searchlight, 10/23/2025
Jacob Haiar reports:
The policy announcement came amid a sudden and rapidly escalating feud between Trump and ranchers — many of whom are Trump supporters — after Trump said Sunday that buying more Argentinian beef would “bring our beef prices down.” The average price of ground chuck is up by more than $1 per pound so far this year.
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued a statement Tuesday that he’d met with the president and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and came away “encouraged by the desire of President Trump and Secretary Rollins to do right by the American producer.”
“We agree that we need an America First game plan that prioritizes American ranchers,” Rounds said at the time.
Wednesday, as criticism mounted against Trump in cattle country, the president posted on social media that “Cattle Ranchers, who I love, don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50% Tariff on Brazil,” adding “It would be nice if they would understand that.”
Thursday, after the news broke that Trump was following through on his suggestion to import more Argentinian beef, Rounds' office did not offer a comment and told South Dakota Searchlight he was unavailable for an interview.
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