Cindy Axne: “The dire need for carbon reduction can't wait and be achieved when we have electric vehicles alone as the only option.”

Today, consumers are literally paying more for their beef, producers are receiving less for their cattle, and yet your four companies' net incomes have reached record highs.

We've expressed the need to address the following primary challenges: lack of price discovery and transparency, meatpacking industry consolidation leading to fewer competitors, captive supply, and price manipulation.

So farmers are definitely on the frontline of climate change.

While Congress cannot protect cattle producers and their businesses from being shunned by packers for testifying, Members of this Committee certainly shouldn't facilitate or allow packers to intimidate witnesses prior to a hearing.