Why We Must Save Our Independent Ranchers and Farmers | 10/22/25

We begin the show expressing concern about Trump’s opposition to a new reconciliation bill at a time when we need to codify so many of his policies into law. One of those big policies is agriculture reform. We’re joined today by Breeauna Sagdal, an independent rancher and policy fellow with the Beef Initiative, who outlines for us the multifront war on ranchers and farmers and all of the government policies that have created centralized control for a monopoly. This has caused a record low availability of beef, health concerns with the quality of the meat, and a lack of choice and competition. Moreover, she explains how conservation policies, farm bills, and misallocation of land and resources to row crops have harmed our food security for natural proteins and fruits and vegetables. Now that Trump is committed to importing beef from Argentina, Sagdal argues that we’d be better off importing the Angus genes so we can bolster ranchers’ cattle rather than competing with their output. 

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