Cindy Axne: “When you talk about this $30 million, 142,000 households, what do you think the end of this emergency allotment will…”

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.

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.

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…