They are standing up for Kentucky’s beef cattle farmers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2025) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell announced they are standing up for Kentucky’s beef cattle farmers. General Coleman and Commissioner Shell sent letters to object to the previous administration’s attempts to restrict the raising and enjoying of beef and other meat.
Kentucky is home to the most beef cattle of any state east of the Mississippi River and ranks 8th nationally.
Attorney General Coleman—in a joint letter with a 23-state coalition of attorneys general—and Commissioner Shell wrote letters to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They pushed back against dietary recommendations made by a committee appointed by the Biden-Harris Administration. Every five years, the federal government publishes the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” The Biden-Harris committee recommended that the new guidelines list beans, peas, and lentils as the best source of protein and move meat, poultry, and eggs to last on the list of recommended sources of protein…