President Donald Trump says legal documents are being prepared to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own food, targeting regulations and the dominance of major meat processors
President Donald Trump says he is authorizing legal documents to be prepared that would give American farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food, a move aimed at challenging the dominance of major meat-processing companies.
Trump said the process should move quickly as his administration looks at regulations governing meat processing. The announcement comes amid growing concerns from U.S. cattle producers about the power of large meatpackers and the difficulties faced by smaller ranching operations.
Trump has criticized the concentration of the U.S. beef-processing industry, describing the major processors as a monopoly. Earlier this week, he said he would look into whether regulations were making it unnecessarily difficult for smaller farmers and ranchers to process their own beef.
The proposed changes could potentially give smaller agricultural producers more control over processing and marketing their livestock, while reducing their dependence on large meatpacking companies.
However, the exact legal mechanism, regulatory changes and food-safety requirements involved have not yet been fully detailed.
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