KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A pending deal President Trump is negotiating with Argentina to import beef is being met with skepticism from cattle ranchers in both Missouri and Kansas.

The president wants to bring down the price of beef at the grocery store. Advertisement

Jack Geiger’s family has deep roots in northeast Kansas pre-dating the Civil War — six generations.

A cattle rancher near Robinson, Kansas, in Brown County, Geiger opposes President Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina.

“It’s market manipulation and it’s ill-informed and it’s short-sighted,” Geiger said.

Chad Weigand is a third-generation cattle farmer in Johnson County, Missouri, in the Warrensburg area.

He supports President Trump but said he’s frustrated by what he said are the president’s inaccurate comments about

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