(The Center Square) – Illinois beef producers express frustration over President Donald Trump’s plan to expand beef imports from Argentina , a move he says will lower grocery prices but that many warn could hurt U.S. farmers already struggling with tight margins.

Talking with reporters last week, Trump defended the plan as a short-term measure to stabilize food costs.

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“The only price we have that’s high is beef, and we’ll get that down,” Trump said. “One of the things we’re thinking about doing is beef from Argentina. If we do that,

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