HeyJaredSteve Dittmer
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- 3
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- Sep 11, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Western Livestock Journal
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Dittmer's Take: Undercurrents demand care and attention (opens the original)
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General chaos is one thing. The beef industry being abused politically is typical. We’ve all appreciated that President Donald Trump’s policies have usually benefitted our industry. But undercurrents circulating now could not only discourage any herd rebuilding but damage the very foundations of the production and marketing chain that’s achieved record success. If those with very narrow vision from within our industry convince politicians, in an election year, to implement the radical views they
Dittmer's Take: Our puzzling times (opens the original)
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So, what kind of shape—ignoring the panic headlines in the mass media—is our economy really in? Well, the Atlanta Fed’s GDP tracker is so far estimating growth over 5% for the third quarter. Inflation is steady enough, depending on your measuring stick, running between 2.5 and 3.5%. Almost everyone expects fuel prices to go down after the Iran situation is resolved. More people are working than ever, and unemployment is steady at just above 4%. The private sector has added 877,000 jobs since ear
Dittmer's Take: The latest in Washington (opens the original)
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing relaxing and eliminating some of the regulations on diesel trucks that were costing truckers money and lost performance. More trouble had been mandated in 2027. EPA hasn’t fixed everything yet, but the commenting period will be lively. The Supreme Court with rulings in the Loper case restricted overreaching federal agency power. Those decisions have benefited agriculture, rolling back regulations damaging farms and ranches. This term, the co
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