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U.S. Beef Import Tracker 2026: Argentina, the Quota, and Where Your Beef Comes From
A dated, sourced record of the 2026 beef import expansion: the Argentina tariff-rate quota, record import volumes, the 75-year-low cattle herd, and how to verify that your beef is American.
localmeat.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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No one in the government is saying where Trump’s 660 million pounds of importedmeat are coming from, so you might want to avoid hamburgers for a while, unless you grind your own beef.
The cuts of meat covered by Mr. Trump's proclamation aren't fresh sirloins, rib-eyes and filets. They're lean beef trimmings that will be added to fattier American cuts to make ground beef. They're small chunks of frozen meat that could have been kept in cold storage overseas for years. They are the quintessence of generic industrial meat, imported here to be subsequently processed in massive grinders that combine pieces of tens of thousands of cattle from multiple countries, mainly into fast food hamburgers. One of the worst food-safety scandals occurred in Brazil, the world's largest exporter of beef. In 2017, the Brazilian federal police raided nearly 200 meatpacking plants after allegations that government inspectors and politicians were being bribed to allow the sale of contaminated beef. Rotten meat treated with ascorbic acid and other chemicals to mask the contamination had been sold to hospitals and schools in Brazil and also exported. Executives at the Brazilian company JBS, the largest beef producer in the world, later admitted to bribing inspectors.
September 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM