Senators Fight to Stop Beef From Paraguay Being Imported to US

A bipartisan Senate duo wants to buck Biden administration policy by again blocking beef imports from Paraguay, according to a previously unreported resolution.

Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today will introduce the measure, which would reverse a November rule by the US Department of Agriculture to restart beef imports from the country, if it passes into law.

Beef imports to the US from Paraguay were banned in the late 1990s amid concerns over outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the South American country. Agriculture and rancher groups including the Montana Farm Bureau Federation and the US Cattlemen’s ...