'A slap in the face': Ranchers feel betrayed by Trump's plan to buy Argentine beef
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This year, Destinee Weeks and her husband, who manage a herd of about 250 cattle in northern Oklahoma, began to see a profit for the first time in a decade. So Weeks was shocked and dismayed when she learned President Trump was looking to import more beef from another country.
" It feels like a slap in the face to rural America," she said. "It makes you feel invisible and overlooked."
Beef prices have been soaring in the U.S. as a result of a shrunken cattle supply. On Sunday, Trump suggested buying beef from Argentina could be one way to lower costs.
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