Government's 'Help' With Beef Production Isn't Helping By Bill Yancey | 4 June 2025 | Do you like a good hamburger? If so, read on. American cattle producers (ranchers) are disappearing. According to the USDA, over a 5-year period, more than 90,000 cattle producers have gone out of business. Among the factors contributing to this are high land prices, equipment expenses, bad press by our own U.S. government ("Don’t eat beef!"), and age... U.S. law has a tax on American ranchers and foreign beef importers called "Beef Checkoff." This tax is used to promote beef -- but it promotes foreign beef and American beef equally. This is insane... Congress does not require foreign beef to show country of origin. "USDA inspected" does not mean "USA product." I hope President Trump enjoys foreign beef on his Big Mac. Mr. Trump needs to remove the equal support of importers from CBB.