US Unveils Plan to Grow Beef Output, Boosts Argentine Quota
Ranch hands round up cattle by horseback and drive them into pens at a ranch in St. Lucie County, Florida.
Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
The Trump administration released a plan to encourage ranching and boost domestic beef production, as it separately raised a quota for Argentine beef imports.
The package unveiled on the US Department of Agriculture website includes measures to make it easier for ranchers to graze cattle on federally owned land, increase insurance subsidies and slash costs for small processors.