Chris Clayton
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Beef processing disrupted by ICE action (opens the original)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity disrupted major meatpacking communities in southwest Kansas in late September, creating a “massive chilling effect” on workers who process beef, delaying the processing of thousands of fed cattle and “resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue” for cattle producers, according to livestock groups. The ICE enforcement action coincided with a nearly 16% drop in fed-cattle slaughter on Sept. 24 and a 9% decline on Sept. 23, according to USDA’s
Treasury narrows BOI rule to foreigners (opens the original)
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The Treasury Department announced on Aug. 11 that it is finalizing a rule narrowing the scope of Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI), ending a mandate that had applied to an estimated 32 million small businesses, including 230,000 farms. Under the new rule, BOI requirements essentially will be limited to foreign businesses operating in the U.S. and their owners. In early 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act, which required companies to provide BOI details. The law was passed t
GOP lawmakers push Trump administration for H-2A rule changes (opens the original)
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As a GOP-led bill to reform the H-2A guestworker program appears to have hit a wall amid opposition from fellow Republicans, lawmakers are calling on Cabinet secretaries to use their existing authorities to improve the handling of H-2A visas, arguing foreign guestworkers are “indispensable to agriculture.” Six Republican senators and 12 GOP House members wrote to the secretaries of the departments of Homeland Security, Labor and State urging administrative actions to deal with “growing processin
Trump imposes tariffs on Brazil, exempts beef (opens the original)
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The Trump administration on July 15 announced 25% tariffs on a range of Brazilian products, including ethanol—even though the U.S. currently imports virtually no Brazilian ethanol—while exempting agricultural products such as beef and coffee. The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) announced new tariffs “on all goods from Brazil” under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, while at the same time citing exemptions for “certain goods from Brazil.” The tariffs went into effect on July 22. “Pr
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