Glenn Beck interview prompts Trump to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own food

Published August 28, 2026 10:53am ET



President Donald Trump announced he was deregulating meat processing for farmers and ranchers after conservative media personality Glenn Beck encouraged him to do so earlier this week during a live interview.

“Ranchers and Farmers have always been a number one priority for me,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “They work very hard, are smart, efficient, and immaculately CLEAN, but for years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nasty Monopoly.”

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