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

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.

So, having these kinds of predatory rent increases benefiting from Federal backing just seems so wrong.

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

I have to tell you, it is incredibly frustrating for me and my constituents who feel like they are being put under the thumb of a landlord who is taking advantage of Federal backing and not putting forth the protections that my…