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Rancher FURIOUS Over Trump's Argentina Beef Scheme

2025-10-27 Entertainment
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Monopoly Power, Not Import Deals: Why Argentine Beef Will Not Lower US Prices

Understand why importing beef from Argentina will not lower your grocery bills; the real problem lies in the corporate cartel controlling meat packing and retail margins. Discover how decades of market abuse have nearly destroyed the US ranching base.

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  • Ranchers receive less than 55% of the final consumer dollar, a massive drop from the 70% they earned in 1970.
  • Four major meat packers control 85% of slaughter capacity, working in tandem with large retailers to suppress producer prices while maximizing consumer costs.
  • The recent industry-wide liquidation of 10 million cows has created a critical domestic supply shortage.
  • Decisions like importing Argentine beef function as a leverage tool to depress local cattle futures, hurting producers without lowering retail prices.

This discussion with rancher Mike Callicrate critically examines the state of the US cattle industry, highlighting the systemic "middleman problem" fueling low producer income and high consumer frustration. We detail how concentrated market power extracts wealth from both producers and consumers, making external trade deals ineffective cures for domestic pricing issues.

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Krystal and Emily discuss ranchers furious over Trump's Argentina agriculture policy. Mike Callicrate: https://www.mikecallicrate.com/ Sign up for a PREMIUM Breaking Points subscriptions for full early access to uncut shows and LIVE AMAs with the hosts every week: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/support Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Breaking-Points/61575893472315/ #news #politics #youtube

Top Comments (10)

@tannermclaughlin5001 2025-10-27

So maga when does America first start?

340 32 replies
@2twainz 2025-10-27

2:44 "trump is obviously concerned with bringing down the price of beef" emily are you insane? trump does not give a shit about the price of anything

269 43 replies
@GreyCrowe 2025-10-27

If you weren't in the first 2 rows of the inauguration, you have been reassigned to "Serf."

240 4 replies
@GreyCrowe 2025-10-27

Unfortunately, Lena Khan was also investigating half of the current administration.

110 2 replies
@jadedfarmboy7264 2025-10-27

This is one hundred percent correct. What is the overall problem? Decades of financial abuse perpetrated on the small and medium sized farmers and ranchers of the United States. It all comes down to monopoly power. We have anti monopoly laws on the books. Enforce them. It's way past time.

78 9 replies
@democracynecropsy 2025-10-27

The thumbnail is the photographic definition of naivety portrayed by the Emily character.

59 1 replies
@Spynuffin 2025-10-27

"You're being paid below your cost of production because of this abusive market power that lies in the hands of these very powerful multinational corporations."

55 2 replies
@muleface1066 2025-10-27

There are 4 beef packing companies that have an almost complete monopoly (quadropoly). They will also monopolize any beef coming from overseas. So I wouldn't expect prices to go down much.

47 6 replies
@terrygivens132 2025-10-27

He is right. Small farmers have become more successful through selling in their local communities and through local farmers market. Americans are more willing to support local agriculture than ever before and it is incumbent on us all to support this.

45 4 replies
@fkratz 2025-10-27

Some ranchers are selling directly to the public.

42 9 replies

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