2026-08-28 上午11:31 美东时间 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：亚当·坎ryn
更新于28分钟前
更新于2026年8月28日上午11:31 美东时间
发布于2026年8月28日上午9:51 美东时间
德克萨斯州拉普赖尔的牧场里漫步的牛群，6月6日摄。
乔尔·安赫尔·华雷斯/盖蒂图片社
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周五表示，他将放宽牧场主自行加工肉类的规则，以此削弱美国四大肉类加工企业对加工环节的控制权。
此举出台前不久，保守派电台主持人格伦·贝克就该问题向特朗普施压，他在采访中敦促特朗普通过放宽对牧场主的监管“打破这些加工企业的垄断局面”。
近期，特朗普对进口绞碎牛肉暂停征收关税的政策引发了养牛牧场主和共和党农村议员的强烈反弹。这项旨在降低消费者物价的政策，却激怒了国内肉类生产商。
“牧场主和农民一直是我的首要优先事项，”特朗普周五上午在真相社交平台的帖子中承诺将放宽肉类加工规则。“为了打破这个强大的垄断企业——其多数所有权位于美国境外——我正在授权起草法律文件，让农民和牧场主获得自行加工食品的权利。”
目前尚不清楚特朗普计划具体如何修改肉类加工相关规定，这些规定要求加工企业满足严格的安全和卫生标准，并接受定期检查，才能向公众销售肉类产品。
小型牧场主被允许自行屠宰和加工肉类，但除非符合这些监管要求，否则不得对外销售。
在X平台的另一篇帖子中，农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯承诺将于周一开始推出新举措，包括废除“过时的指导意见”、豁免繁文缛节，并扩大牧场主跨州销售肉类的能力。她还暗示将为小型肉类加工企业增加资金支持。
“我们正在推进，总统先生，”罗林斯在回应特朗普的真相社交帖子时写道。“我们伟大的美国牧场主生产着世界上质量最高、最令人惊叹的牛肉，我们能够自给自足，这关乎国家安全。”
两党政客——包括特朗普和前总统乔·拜登——长期以来都誓言要针对大型肉类加工企业，指责行业整合推高了价格，并让四大加工企业控制了绝大多数牛肉产业。
但截至目前，政府仅采取了有限的措施，拜登和特朗普都难以重塑该行业的竞争格局。
在周三与贝克的采访中，在贝克抱怨“检查过于严苛”、“监管规定正在拖垮我们”后，特朗普提出了废除相关规定的可能性。
“你的意思是，监管越少，牧场主和农民就能越好地加工牛肉？”特朗普问道。
在贝克给出肯定答复后，特朗普表示：“哇，我今天就会研究这个问题。”
本文已更新，补充了最新进展。
Trump says he’ll make it easier for ranchers to process their own food after blowback over his beef policies
2026-08-28 11:31 AM ET / CNN
By Adam Cancryn
Updated 28 min ago
Updated Aug 28, 2026, 11:31 AM ET
PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2026, 9:51 AM ET
Cattle roam a field in La Pryor, Texas, on June 6.
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will make it easier for ranchers to process their own meat, in an effort to weaken the control the nation’s four largest meatpacking firms have over the process.
The move comes shortly after Trump was pressed on the issue by conservative radio host Glenn Beck, who urged him during an interview to “break the back of those processing plans” by easing regulations on ranchers.
Trump has faced harsh blowback in recent days from cattle ranchers and rural Republican lawmakers over his decision to temporarily pause tariffs on imported ground beef — a policy aimed at lowering prices for consumers that has nonetheless enraged domestic meat producers.
“Ranchers and Farmers have always been a number one priority for me,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday morning vowing to ease meat processing rules. “In order to break this powerful monopoly, with much of its ownership based outside of the U.S., I am authorizing legal documents to be drawn in order to allow Farmers and Ranchers to be given the right to PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD.”
It’s unclear how exactly Trump plans to alter the regulations on meat processing, which require that processors meet strict safety and sanitation requirements and undergo regular inspections to be able to sell their meat to the public.
Smaller ranchers are permitted to slaughter and process their own meat but cannot sell it unless they meet those regulatory requirements.
In a separate post on X, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins vowed to roll out new initiatives starting Monday, including efforts to rescind “outdated guidance,” waive red tape and expand ranchers’ ability to sell across state lines. She also hinted at boosting funding for smaller meat processing operations.
“We are on it Mr. President,” Rollins wrote in response to Trump’s Truth Social post. “Our great AMERICAN ranchers produce the highest-quality, most incredible beef in the world AND it is a matter of national security that we be able to feed and fuel ourselves.”
Politicians in both parties — including Trump and former President Joe Biden — have long vowed to target the major meatpacking companies, faulting consolidation for driving up prices and allowing four big processors to control the vast majority of the beef industry.
But the government has taken only limited steps so far, and both Biden and Trump have struggled to reshape the industry’s competitive dynamics.
In his interview with Beck on Wednesday, Trump floated the prospect of eliminating regulations after Beck complained that “the inspections are insane” and that “the regulations are killing us.”
“So you’re saying, with less regulation, you think that the ranchers and farmers would do a very good job of processing the beef?” Trump asked.
After Beck responded that they would, Trump said: “Wow. I’m going to look at that today.”
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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