Hamburgers are about to get cheaper.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States will allow as much as 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to enter the country tariff-free over the next three months, part of an agreement he says will cut prices for consumers while giving American ranchers time to rebuild the nation’s depleted cattle herd, according to CNBC.
“Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.”
Trump said importers participating in the agreement have promised to sell the beef at considerably lower prices.
“We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices,” he stated.
The president did not identify the companies involved or say where the additional beef would come from. He described the temporary import arrangement as a way to provide consumers some relief “as we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers.”
Beef prices have remained stubbornly high in 2026 as the United States works through one of its smallest cattle herds in decades. Years of drought, higher feed costs and the liquidation of breeding stock pushed ranchers to reduce their herds, leaving fewer cattle available even as Americans continued buying beef.
The new policy effectively removes one of the major costs facing beef imported beyond existing U.S. quotas. Imports that fall within country-specific quotas generally face a tariff of 4.4 cents per kilogram. Beef entering above those quotas can be hit with a 26.4 percent tariff.
The American Farm Bureau Federation explained the difference in a May report, noting that “for beef valued around $7 per kilogram, that difference can exceed $1.80 per kilogram in tariff costs.”
Trump’s announcement comes as the cost of groceries remains a political concern ahead of November’s congressional elections. Some Republican lawmakers have warned that persistent frustration over everyday expenses could weigh on GOP candidates even as the party argues that its economic policies are beginning to bring prices down.
The three-month beef agreement gives the administration a more immediate lever on one of the grocery aisle’s most visible prices. Rather than waiting for the domestic cattle herd to recover—a process that can take years—the administration is temporarily allowing substantially more foreign beef into the country without the steep tariff normally imposed once import quotas are exhausted.
The White House has not yet released details identifying the importers that agreed to Trump’s promised 25 percent discount or explaining how the pricing commitment will be enforced.
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