{"id":19635,"date":"2026-09-02T17:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=19635"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:36:33","slug":"trumps-lower-cost-beef-imports-have-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=19635","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s lower-cost beef imports have arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the USDA Stamp Means<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A USDA stamp does not necessarily mean the cattle were raised in America. Under the temporary change, imported lean beef trimmings can enter the U.S. and be blended into ground beef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The clearest origin wording is \u201cProduct of USA\u201d or \u201cMade in the USA,\u201d indicating the animals were born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the Fine Print<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country-of-origin information may appear near the nutrition panel, especially when meat is \u201ccommingled\u201d from multiple countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quality Isn\u2019t Origin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labels such as \u201cUSDA Prime\u201d and \u201cUSDA Choice\u201d describe quality, not where the cattle came from. Even \u201cprocessed in the USA\u201d can refer to imported meat handled domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check Before Buying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With prices rising and U.S. cattle herds shrinking, shoppers should read labels carefully and look for precise country-of-origin wording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the USDA Stamp Means A USDA stamp does not necessarily mean the cattle were raised in America. Under the temporary change, imported lean beef trimmings can enter the U.S. and be blended into ground beef. The clearest origin wording is \u201cProduct of USA\u201d or \u201cMade in the USA,\u201d indicating the animals were born, raised,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19637,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19635\/revisions\/19637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}