BILLINGS — Montana cattle producers are raising concerns about President Donald Trump’s proposal to import beef from Argentina to help lower domestic beef prices, warning the move could destabilize an already volatile market.

“We have concerns with the risk of destabilizing an already volatile market,” Raylee Honeycutt with Montana Stockgrowers Association said Monday.

Watch why producers are concerned with Trump's proposal: Montana cattle producers push back on Trump's Argentina beef import plan

Honeycutt said that stockgrowers association is encouraging the Trump administration to not intervene in domestic beef markets, as cattle producers are receiving top dollar for their animals.

Trump announced his plan to import beef from Argentina as a solution to rising beef prices in the U

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