Cindy Axne: “I hope that we can all come together as Americans to make sure that we protect our children and have safe, affordable…”

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.

Without some action, researchers expect crop yields to decline by the end of the century due to climate change.

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.

Since 1980, roughly 17,000 cattle producers have gone out of business every year.