Two Minutes in Trade - The Beef Over Beef
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
COOL beef, but a cold calendar. Beef mandatory labeling is back on the menu but Congress isn't working in the kitchen. Listen for more on Two Minutes In Trade.
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
COOL beef, but a cold calendar. Beef mandatory labeling is back on the menu but Congress isn't working in the kitchen. Listen for more on Two Minutes In Trade.
Where's the beef? Better yet, where's it from? That's the question Senator Thune, Republican from North Dakota and others want answered.
The Senate Agriculture Committee finally advanced the Farm Bill after Senator McConnell from Kentucky returned and broke a deadlock.
with democrats who were opposing the bill over proposed changes to the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap the bill includes a country of origin labeling or cool amendment that would direct ustr and usda to find a wto compliant way to restore mandatory country of origin labeling for beef within 180 days of final passage of the law If they can't, the U.S. would reinstate the prior mandatory labeling requirement deemed WTO inconsistent in 2011.
Sitting Senators have co-sponsored similar proposals in prior Congresses.
And given the President's recent increase in the tariff rate quota for certain imported beef, consumers may reasonably want to know where their hamburger started its journey.
The House has already adjourned until after the elections, and the Senate is expected to adjourn Friday.
Even with committee action, the bill still needs the full Senate approval, conference, and final votes in both chambers.
After the election, Congress has only about 20 more work days, making another one-year extension of the current law the likeliest outcome.
There is support for a fully funded five-year farm bill, but the snap cuts may be too much to chew.
Cool beef may be back on the menu someday, but not before Congress gets through a very crowded kitchen.
Where's the beef? Better yet, where's it from? That's the question Senator Thune, Republican from North Dakota and others want answered.
The Senate Agriculture Committee finally advanced the Farm Bill after Senator McConnell from Kentucky returned and broke a deadlock.
with democrats who were opposing the bill over proposed changes to the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap the bill includes a country of origin labeling or cool amendment that would direct ustr and usda to find a wto compliant way to restore mandatory country of origin labeling for beef within 180 days of final passage of the law If they can't, the U.S. would reinstate the prior mandatory labeling requirement deemed WTO inconsistent in 2011.
Sitting Senators have co-sponsored similar proposals in prior Congresses.
And given the President's recent increase in the tariff rate quota for certain imported beef, consumers may reasonably want to know where their hamburger started its journey.
The House has already adjourned until after the elections, and the Senate is expected to adjourn Friday.
Even with committee action, the bill still needs the full Senate approval, conference, and final votes in both chambers.
After the election, Congress has only about 20 more work days, making another one-year extension of the current law the likeliest outcome.
There is support for a fully funded five-year farm bill, but the snap cuts may be too much to chew.
Cool beef may be back on the menu someday, but not before Congress gets through a very crowded kitchen.
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