August 24, 2026 | Source: Raw Story | by Matthew Chapman
President Donald Trump’s new plan to import hundreds of thousands of tons of beef will spell nothing but disaster, said John Boyd Jr., a cattle and soybean farmer who heads up the National Black Farmers Association, on MS NOW Monday.
“I believe that this is a raw deal,” Boyd told anchor Katy Tur, noting that Trump “keeps making the announcement that he loves farmers, he loves cattlemen, and then undermines us with 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef that we don’t even know where it’s coming from,” Boyd noted that there was a significant recall of Argentinian beef imports in the United States.
“There’s no guarantee that the American people are going to see any savings in the local grocery stores,” said Boyd. “This is more about helping meatpackers, in my opinion. So he put the American farmers last.”
Boyd added that, on average, the U.S. is losing 77 farmers and cattlemen every day, with 300 farm foreclosures currently pending, and the administration is doing nothing about it.
