Cindy Axne: “Since 1980, roughly 17,000 cattle producers have gone out of business every year.”

I really hope that we continue with that in the next farm bill, because people are finally getting comfortable about exactly what these programs are.

Which is why I applaud my colleagues and the Biden Administration for enacting the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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.

Will giving producers more leverage and market information help address some of the issues that we are seeing in our cattle markets?