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In addition to the soy crop surplus and tariff situation combining negative impact with the Argentina bailout, we now have cattle market concerns with Trump’s recent announcement on targeting a reduction in beef prices. 

While we’re still in a beef deficit, this is something echoes the sharply impacted rural regions and steepening farm industry’s decline during the Great Depression. Especially important to watch now, as farm debt in the United States has climbed to record highs. 

https://kfgo.com/2025/10/17/cme-group-feeder-cattle-futures-crash-on-friday-with-argentina-beef-rumors-rattling-the-trade/

https://www.1011now.com/2025/10/10/us-china-tariff-stalemate-threatens-nebraskas-soybean-industry/