Trump team pledges to drive beef prices down by 2026 as USDA chief pushes back on $10-per-pound warning

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pushed back on predictions that Americans could soon pay $10 per pound for beef, telling FOX Business the Trump administration’s plan to expand grazing lands and reopen key cattle ports is expected to bring prices down by next summer — and keep them lower through 2026."The Trump administration has released a new plan. We are moving toward opening up five million acres of grazing land," USDA’s Rollins said on "Mornings with Maria" Monday. "And the president is hyper, hyper-focused on this. So our numbers and our formulas are showing that prices will sta