Beef 2025 Review
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. 2025 brought many wins and some definite challenges for the U.S. cattle industry.
Jenna Stanton, director of policy and public affairs for the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, says when you take a look back at 2025 …
STANTON … “We’d be remiss to not mention the government shutdown. And I can tell you, Capitol Hill was busy. The government was shut down but work was being done, and we had some really great conversations with our legislative folks. You know, staff was there and the Senate was in, so we were having those conversations. Cattle still need to be fed, business still needed to be done on Capitol Hill. And so that was really impactful for us to see. But I think as we kind of close out 2025, what we saw is we saw an industry that when the government was shut down or when things were maybe a little bit quieter coming from the from the secretary’s office, you saw an industry that never let off.”
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office recently reviewed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, and Stanton says our testimony was largely focused on updating those rules of origin within the USMCA …
STANTON … “… to make sure that we are protecting American ranchers and the really superior product that they provide. Mexico, Canada have both been good trading partners by and large. When we take a look at the cattle side of things. And on the beef side of things, we maybe see things a little bit differently, but it’s how we can make these trade agreements work.”
Again, that’s Jenna Stanton, Director of Policy and Public
Affairs for the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association.
