By Ryan McGeeney, University of Arkansas

While recent headlines suggesting changes in U.S. tariffs on South American beef imports are raising eyebrows and nudging markets, the fundamentals of supply and demand will remain intact for beef producers in Arkansas and elsewhere for the foreseeable future, cattle market experts said Monday.

On Oct. 16, U.S. President Donald J. Trump suggested a plan to lower beef prices for American consumers was in the works. The proposal involves expanding the tariff rate quota on Argentinian beef from 20,000 metric tons to 80,000 metric tons, said James Mitchell, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

He said that while this would quadruple the amount of Argentinian beef entering the U.S. market, it would still b

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