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P resident Donald Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that American cattle ranchers "have to get their prices down," and that the tariffs he's enacted are "the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades."
Gov. Phil Murphy announced a deal that would allow the owners of a Cranbury farm to prevent the town from seizing it to build affordable housing.
Newton: If you take out the ad-hoc federal support that Congress has provided, net farm income is actually down, and crop farm cash receipts are down $71 billion from three years ago. So, it's the cattle side of the balance sheet that is supporting the farm economy.
Farming is a big part of everyday life in Clinton County, including at Reese Farms. With soaring beef prices, President Trump is floating the idea of importing more beef from Argentina.
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‘Chaos in the beef market’: Tennessee cattle farmers react to President Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef
Some Tennessee cattle farmers have been sizzling over recent comments by President Donald Trump about importing more beef from Argentina to lower beef prices for consumers.
President Donald Trump lashed out at cattle ranchers Wednesday, while advocates said he was undercutting Midwestern beef production.
After crashing the soybean market and gifting Argentina our largest export buyer, he’s now poised to do the same to the cattle market," one cattle producer said.
The Trump Administration mentioned it's cooking up a plan to import more Argentinian beef to bring prices down. But local and national farm groups say the plan would harm American producers.
What started as a cattle farm has blossomed into a fall destination, as Kevin and Gina Rose opened The Patch at Rose Farm to families and field trips just over a month ago.