08/27/2026
No one who is speaking out wants the consumer to pay higher prices. They just want a well thought out, long-term solution.
The comment sections of these posts are so disappointing. The American people need to understand that cheaper import costs to other countries do not guarantee cheaper prices in the grocery stores either. The diesel needed to drive that meat to the stores is also more expensive...
No one is saying we want the consumers to suffer. We just do not want only a 90 day plan. We need a 2-5 year plan and beyond to help bring the majority of our food supply back to America.
“You got what you voted for.”
“If American beef gets too expensive, we'll just buy it somewhere else.”
Those are some of the comments showing up lately.
Politics aside for a minute—because this is bigger than Republican or Democrat—think about what that actually means.
If American farmers and ranchers fail, they aren't the only ones who lose.
Yes, beef can be imported. Imports already play an important role in the U.S. beef supply, and trade itself isn't the enemy.
But there's a big difference between trading with other countries and becoming dependent on other countries.
The more dependent America becomes on foreign food production, the more our supply is exposed to things outside our control: trade disputes, tariffs, animal-disease restrictions, transportation disruptions, drought and changing policies in other countries.
Cheap today doesn't guarantee cheap tomorrow when somebody else controls more of your supply.
And cattle aren't just beef.
A beef animal also contributes hides for leather, tallow for renewable fuel and industrial products, edible organs, rendering products, fertilizer ingredients, pharmaceutical applications and numerous other materials.
So when America loses cattle production, the conversation isn't simply about replacing an American steak with an imported steak.
We're talking about pieces of entire supply chains.
Those products can be imported too—but that's exactly the point. At what point does “we can just buy it somewhere else” turn into “we have no choice but to buy it somewhere else”?
You don't have to agree with a rancher's politics. You don't have to agree with every agricultural policy. You don't even have to agree with everything being said on this page.
But wanting American agriculture to fail just to prove a political point isn't a victory for the left or the right.
It's fewer American producers.
Less domestic production.
More dependence on somebody else.
Farmers and ranchers aren't asking anyone to feel sorry for them. They're asking people to understand what's at stake.
Because if American agriculture fails, the consequences don't stop at the ranch gate.
They eventually reach everybody's table.
Food security isn't red.
Food security isn't blue.
Food security is American. 🇺🇸
