# Rancher: U.S. Importing Beef While Prepping to Possibly Discard American Herds

> A Texas rancher said the first shipment of Namibian beef arrived in the US on April 26 while USDA was asking producers to prepare to euthanize harvest-ready cattle. He framed the imports as a threat to domestic herds.

- Date: 2020-04-29 · published 2020-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53586-rancher-u-s-importing-beef-while-prepping-to-possibly-discard-american-herds
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising imports combined with possible herd depopulation would add supply to beef markets and pressure domestic cattle prices. The claims are one rancher's assertions and have not been confirmed by USDA.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-12-31 | [Weekly global protein digest: China's tariff adjustment, S. Korea suspends Canadian beef imports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43550-weekly-global-protein-digest-china-s-tariff-adjustment-s-korea-suspends.md) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-06-03 | [China suspends Brazilian beef imports due to BSE - International Leather Maker](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58722-china-suspends-brazilian-beef-imports-due-to-bse-international-leather-maker.md) | -0.7% | -1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-08-17 | [SE Asia Report: FMD continues to spread in Indo - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39976-se-asia-report-fmd-continues-to-spread-in-indo-beef-central.md) | +1.0% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-03-14 | [Bans on poultry product imports bear watching by U.S. livestock producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72134-bans-on-poultry-product-imports-bear-watching-by-u-s-livestock-producers.md) | +1.8% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-04-02 | [Why beef prices are up and cattle prices are down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6286-why-beef-prices-are-up-and-cattle-prices-are-down.md) | -5.8% | -13.4% |

## Sources

- texasgopvote.com: https://texasgopvote.com/government/rancher-us-importing-beef-while-prepping-possibly-discard-american-herds-0012546

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