1-Man Ranch LLC

09/02/2026

For your information.

U.S. CATTLE REPORT 🔔 JBS Co-Owner Met With Trump One Day Before Beef Tariff Waiver

According to The Wall Street Journal, JBS co-owner Joesley Batista met with President Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 20 to discuss whether lifting the 26% tariff on Brazilian beef could help ease record-high U.S. beef prices. Just one day later, Trump announced a 90-day tariff waiver allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings to enter the U.S. duty-free, equal to roughly 2% of annual U.S. beef consumption.

The move could benefit Brazil, the world's largest beef producer, and JBS by expanding access to the U.S. market. However, cattle producers and several Republican lawmakers quickly pushed back, arguing that increasing imports could pressure domestic cattle prices without fixing the underlying supply shortage. The U.S. cattle herd is currently at its lowest level in 75 years, and rebuilding supplies will take years. The timing of Batista's meeting is also drawing scrutiny given JBS's political ties, including a $5 million contribution from subsidiary Pilgrim's Pride toward Trump's inauguration festivities.

09/01/2026

We have 3 slabs of these rib racks left for smoking. 3-4 lbs. We had a slab over the weekend. They were fabulous. Smoker enthusiasts try these out.

09/01/2026

We finally have a booking for the slaughter of our beef. It has been in such demand that we used all our bookings for 2026 and are on a cancellation list. Thanks to Hillsdale County Meats for working with us.

We should be back in full stock by the end of September. We want to thank all of you for your patience.

08/30/2026

It was a pleasure to serve beef patties to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay girls volleyball team. Thank you Chris

08/30/2026

Approximately 20% to 30% of all ground beef consumed in the United States is imported. The remaining 70% to 80% is produced domestically from US cattle.The vast majority of this imported beef—roughly 72% of total US beef imports—arrives as frozen 90% lean beef trimmings. This foreign lean beef is intentionally blended with higher-fat domestic trimmings (often the 50/50 fat-to-lean trim produced from high-quality, grain-finished US cattle) to create the popular 80/20 or 85/15 ground beef mixtures sold in grocery stores and fast-food chains.

At One Man Ranch our beef is 100% raised in the USA. Vaccine free steroid free.
Grass Fed and Grass Finished

08/30/2026

When we moved here to Michigan 14 years ago I immediately placed the farm into the PA 116 ag preservation program. I could see where things were going. I also began raising the Grass Fed and Grass Finished Beef because I could see where beef was headed.
I'm not a grey haired fool. I've been blessed with wisdom.

The number of family-owned farms is on the decline, but the share of farms in preservation programs is on the upswing.

08/30/2026

All set up at Skip's European Farmers Market New Buffalo Sunday morning. Don't let the rain push you away. Plenty of vendors here.

Grass Fed and Grass Finished Beef. Country of origin USA. No vaccines, no implants, no mRNA. It's beef, the way it is meant to be.

All set up at Skip's European Farmers Market New Buffalo

Grass Fed and Grass Finished Beef, no vaccine no growth hormone. Born and raised here in the USA. Beef Zick sticks from my beef, fillet mignon, ribeye, rib steak, porter house, brats from my Berkshire pigs raised in the woods, Fed non GMO grains and supplements. Flavors, butcher shop, sweet Italian, sweet habanero, Toulouse a white wine and garlic, #1 seller

08/22/2026

Thank you all who stopped by our tent in St Joseph Michigan at the Market on the Bluff.

Sunday we will be at Skip's European Farmers Market New Buffalo 9 am to 3 pm.

08/22/2026

The view from behind our display tent in St. Joseph Michigan. Picture showing Silver Beach and the Carousel.

08/22/2026

Our ground beef and beef patties are sourced from one beef. Grass Fed and Grass Finished.
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