Trump's 300,000-ton beef import plan lags; prices haven't budged

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOnly about twenty percent of the promised three hundred thousand tons of beef has arrived, and ground beef is still six dollars and seventy-nine cents a pound.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPriya Kowalczyk advises on this for a living. Did the plan work?

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   Priya KowalczykNo. To be clear, it's a delivery issue, and also a supply issue, and in some respects a beef issue.

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   Priya KowalczykFifty-nine thousand four hundred twenty-three tons showed up by October nineteenth.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut why isn't it in my grocery store? Oklahoma State's Derrell Peel says it's mostly lean trimmings that go to fast-food restaurants.

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   Priya KowalczykCorrect. To be clear, the beef went where beef goes, which is not where the promise went.

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   Priya KowalczykI'd bill you four thousand dollars an hour to say that, and I'm on hour two.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwo hours.

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   Priya KowalczykAnd the Farm Bureau's president, Zippy Duvall, wants the policy rolled back.

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    Priya KowalczykHe says it could cost ranchers three hundred to four hundred dollars a head.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the shopper pays the same and the rancher could be out up to four hundred dollars a head. Who is this plan for?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm asking for a person in America.

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    Priya KowalczykTo be clear, it's for the announcement. The announcement went very well.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVerdict on the plan, in one word?

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    Priya KowalczykRare. Very rare.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYou keep holding up that gold thermometer. What does it read for the beef plan?

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    Priya KowalczykRoom temperature. That'll be eight thousand dollars.