White House Issues Executive Order to Support American Ranchers
Published Friday, September 11, 2026
President Trump signed a new executive order on Sept. 4 instructing the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture departments, U.S. Trade Representative, Food and Drug Administration commissioner and Small Business Administration to review existing regulations and policies with an eye toward improving ranchers’ financial stability and access to markets. The order also directs agency heads to ensure that any resulting changes translate into lower prices at the grocery store for consumers.
What the Order Does
Wolf delisting review: Within 90 days of the date of the order, the Interior Department must evaluate whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves still meet the criteria for federal Endangered Species Act protections and, if the secretary of the Interior determines that the recovery criteria has been met, begin work toward delisting or downlisting them. The department is also tasked with drafting legislative proposals for delisting and coordinating with states to encourage them to delist gray wolves and Mexican wolves from any state-specific lists of protecting species and to revise their standards for lethal takings of gray wolves and Mexican wolves to assist ranchers in combating predation.
Predator-loss compensation: The departments of the Interior and Agriculture shall consider developing or amending their respective department’s producer compensation regulations, evidentiary standards and program handbooks to ensure that all depredation claims adjudicated by their respective departments are consistently, accurately and expeditiously assessed, including by setting adequate standards to investigated depredations by gray wolves and Mexican wolves and by considering additional factors beyond subcutaneous hemorrhaging when appropriate.
Revision of criteria for lethal removal of gray wolf and Mexican wolf: The secretary of the Interior shall consider amending regulations or providing additional guidance to revise the department’s criteria for authorizing lethal gray wolf and Mexican wolf removal and to enable greater emergency responsiveness, including precision targeting, for situations involving predator threats to human safety or threats to domestic livestock.
Country-of-origin labeling: Within 90 days of the date of the order, the agriculture secretary, in consultation with the U.S. Trade Representative will review current country-of-origin labeling rules for beef. Based on this review, the agriculture secretary may propose new regulations or legislative recommendations regarding such labeling.
Staff contact: Richard Filgas, rfilgas@cfbf.com and Matthew Viohl, mviohl@cfbf.com.
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