{"id":4410,"date":"2026-08-24T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:54:49","slug":"national-beef-shortage-sid-miller-grazing-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/?p=4410","title":{"rendered":"National Beef Shortage and Texas Commissioner Sid Miller&#8217;s Federal Grazing Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1502086223501-7ea6ecd79368?auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=1200&#038;q=80\" alt=\"American Rancher Overlooking Cattle\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The American cattle industry is facing a severe double-squeeze. High food prices are stretching family budgets at grocery stores, while domestic cattle numbers have plunged to historic lows. Now, agricultural leaders are proposing bold, common-sense solutions to restore supply and lower prices.<\/p>\n<h3>The Cattle Shortage &#038; Tyson Plant Closures<\/h3>\n<p>According to reports from NewsNation, a multi-year drought across major western cattle-producing states has severely depleted pastures and forced ranchers to liquidate their herds. The resulting domestic cattle shortage has hit meatpacking giants hard, prompting <b>Tyson Foods<\/b> to close major processing facilities in Illinois, Utah, and Nebraska due to a lack of available supply.<\/p>\n<h3>Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Advocates Federal Lands<\/h3>\n<p>Appearing on Facebook Reels and national news, Texas Agriculture Commissioner <b>Sid Miller<\/b> proposed a visionary federal grazing initiative. Miller is advocating for opening millions of acres of federal public lands to cattle grazing for local ranchers.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It is a win-win scenario,&#8221;<\/i> Miller stated. <i>&#8220;By opening public federal lands for grazing, we immediately lower feed and raising costs for our ranchers, increase the domestic cattle supply, and bring down the price of high-quality American beef at the grocery store for struggling families.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>Originally shared via Facebook Reels &#038; NewsNation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1ETowSV2L8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reel ID: 1106531075664579<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1EonYVkgFS\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reel ID: 2045966569672449<\/a> | <b>Category:<\/b> Product of USA COOL mCOOL and recalls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American cattle industry is facing a severe double-squeeze. High food prices are stretching family budgets at grocery stores, while domestic cattle numbers have plunged to historic lows. Now, agricultural leaders are proposing bold, common-sense solutions to restore supply and lower prices. The Cattle Shortage &#038; Tyson Plant Closures According to reports from NewsNation, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[952],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-of-usa-cool-mcool-and-recalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4419,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions\/4419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeinusanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}