Cindy Axne: “Congress needs to be investing in more resources towards conservation programs for research and technical assistance.”

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

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.

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 farmers are definitely on the frontline of climate change.