Farm Group Says Cull Cow Prices Fell Nearly 20% Under the Beef Import Plan While Ground Beef Barely Budged: How Its Numbers Hold Up

Farm Action reported that cull cow prices paid to ranchers fell nearly 20% since the federal government expanded low-tariff lean beef imports, while retail ground beef fell about 2.3%. Food World News found the group's figures largely consistent with federal data but said the import plan alone cannot be shown to have caused the decline.