DEFENDING AND STRENGTHENING OUR NATION’S VITAL RANCHING INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching a whole-of-government effort to protect and fully support America’s ranchers.

• The Order tasks a comprehensive review and upgrade of all federal government agency regulations and policy to promote ranchers’ interests, directing the Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Trade Representative, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to assess all regulations, guidance, and any other policy affecting ranchers and prepare further actions to promote ranchers’ financial viability and market access.
• The Order directs the Secretary of the Interior to determine whether gray wolves or Mexican wolves meet the criteria for delisting or downlisting under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and begin the process of delisting or downlisting them.
• The Order further directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare legislative recommendations for delisting gray wolves and Mexican wolves, and to engage with states to encourage state-level delisting of these species to assist ranchers in combatting predation.
• The Order directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to update their standards for compensating ranchers for losses due to predators, and to ease authorization for lethal removal when necessary. 
• The Order directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review country-of-origin labeling for beef products. Based on this review, the Secretary of Agriculture may propose new regulations and legislative recommendations regarding such labeling. 
• The Order directs the head of each executive department and agency to ensure that the measures implemented will lower prices for American consumers.

EQUIPPING RANCHERS IN MODERN CHALLENGES: President Trump is honoring our hardworking ranchers who feed our Nation by taking decisive action to give them the tools they need to thrive and respond to market disruptions and natural disasters. 

• The President’s immediate action is necessary to protect America’s domestic producers, boost the U.S. supply of beef, and support this critical American industry.
• The Biden administration put American agriculture last and delivered one of its most severe beef supply crises in decades, with domestic cattle herds at their lowest level in 75 years. Years of pursuing radical climate activists’ misguided policies and driving up inflation left farmers with historically high input costs and enormous pressure on the ranchers and farmers who feed our country.
• Additionally, more recent factors have put downward pressure on the size of the U.S. domestic herd, including drought conditions across cattle-producing regions affecting grazing lands and reduced feed and forage availability due to ongoing wildfire conditions.
• The national herd is at a 75-year low while consumer demand for beef has grown almost 10% over the past decade and is expected to grow even more.
• Biden-era regulations hindered ranchers’ ability to face nature’s predators, such as gray and Mexican wolves, leaving their herds vulnerable.
• Burdensome and invasive traceability requirements imposed by the previous Administration unduly hampered small and independent cattle ranchers.
• From Day One, the Trump administration has worked around the clock to help rebuild the American beef industry – for the first time since 2018, the number of cattle in the U.S. is increasing and ranchers are retaining heifers at higher rates. 

FIGHTING FOR OUR RANCHERS: President Trump and his Administration have undertaken an aggressive agenda to reverse Biden’s harmful policies and regulatory burdens, while strengthening the backbone of America’s food supply chain, and ensuring ranchers are prosperous now and into the future. 

• President Trump’s bold America First Trade Agenda has dramatically increased global market access, strengthened farmer and rancher incomes, supported rural jobs, and reduced the agricultural trade deficit.
• President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts put more money in ranchers’ pockets each year, made the industry more attractive for investment, and boosted profitability for ranchers now and into the future by:
  • Enabling ranchers to depreciate the full value of new business assets in the first year instead of over five years;
  • Allowing ranchers to deduct the full costs of business assets immediately; 
  • Making permanent the 20% Small Business Deduction available to family farms and ranchers;
  • Permanently doubling the Death Tax Exemption, letting ranchers pass down their family businesses without massive tax consequences; and,
  • Adding new tax incentives for lenders to make loans for ranchland, reducing ranchers’ borrowing costs.
• The Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture have expanded grazing access, ensured millions of acres of public land remain open for grazing, and cut permitting delays on public lands.
• Since taking office, the Trump administration has worked tirelessly and successfully to defend the domestic herd from New World Screwworm. Only two active cases in the U.S. remain today, and the Department of Agriculture has expedited the completion of key U.S. sterile fly production facilities.
• The Department of the Interior initiated measures to mitigate wildfire threats on DOI lands, including using livestock grazing to reduce fine fuel loads.
• In September 2025, the Internal Revenue Service announced new tax relief for ranchers, allowing them to defer capital gains taxes on livestock or heifers sold due to drought.
• In October 2025, the Trump Administration announced new actions to fortify the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher’s critical role in the national security of the United States. Earlier this week, the Department of Agriculture announced its Ranchers First Initiative, building off of these actions to rebuild the great American beef herd. 
• In December 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order to stop price fixing, anti-competitive behavior, and foreign influence that drives up grocery prices and threatens the security of America’s food supply.
• In January 2026, the Department of Agriculture launched its new “Product of USA” label for meat, poultry, and eggs that are born, raised, harvested, and processed all in the United States to ensure marketing protection and benefits for American producers.
• In June 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order accelerating American agriculture innovation, empowering farmers and ranchers, and bolstering the strength and security of our food supply.
• In June 2026, President Trump safeguarded America’s food supply and supported domestic agricultural production by authorizing the temporary suspension of certain duties on phosphate fertilizer imported from Morocco, helping ensure an adequate supply of phosphate fertilizer for American Farmers.
• In June 2026, the Department of Agriculture announced the $500 million Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long Term Domestic Supply Program, to onshore domestic fertilizer production and lower prices for America’s farmers and ranchers.
• In August 2026, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Harvest to Hallways initiative to put more American-raised beef and local products into school meals.
• The Administration remains engaged with the Hill on a Farm Bill to increase loan limits for Department of Agriculture guaranteed operating loans and farm ownership loans.