Bill allows qualifying small farmers to slaughter and process their own livestock for direct-to-consumer sale without federal ...

The legislation creates an on-farm processing exemption for small-scale farmers and ranchers, opening up affordable, direct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For those unfamiliar with the meat industry, "processing" refers to slaughtering the animals. Trump cited the "tremendous problem" ...

The bill lands weeks after President Donald Trump promised in August 2026 to authorize changes letting farmers and ranchers ...

Producers seeking an inspection exemption may slaughter no more than 25 cattle, 60 swine, 250 sheep or 250 goats annually.