Cattle grazing on a public land allotment administered by the BLM's Eagle Lake Field Office in northeast California.
Credit: Jeff Fontana, BLM

November 5, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Greer calling out the Trump administration’s harmful and undeveloped plan to import more beef from Argentina, which will harm Nevada ranchers.  

“We write in strong opposition to the Administration’s undeveloped plan to increase imports of Argentinian beef,” the Senators wrote. “This announcement has already had tangible market impacts felt by cattle producers across the country, at a time when cattle producers are looking for long-term stability to rebuild their herds. Rather than reward Argentina’s president and agricultural producers, we encourage you to focus on policies that support American farmers and ranchers and that bring down costs for all Americans.”

“In addition, we are concerned that this plan could also introduce serious animal health threats that further cripple U.S. cattle production at a time of low cattle supply…” the Senators continued. “…these animal health threats would pose severe risks to U.S. livestock production, disrupt domestic and international trade, and have far-reaching economic consequences across rural communities and the agricultural supply chain.”

The full letter can be found HERE. 

Senator Rosen has been a strong advocate for Nevada’s ranchers and cattlemen and cattlewomen. In 2024, she sent a bipartisan letter calling on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry to address long-term drought in the Farm Bill out of concern for its negative impacts on farmers and ranchers in Nevada. Last Congress, she twice broke with her own party to support Nevada’s agriculture industry, once to block proposed regulations of U.S. waterways that would have hurt Nevada’s farmers and ranchers and once to deny beef imports from Paraguay. Senator Rosen was also named a “Friend of the Farm Bureau” multiple times for being a consistent supporter of Nevada’s farming and ranching communities.

Source: Senator Jacky Rosen