But today, whether it was a producer, an organization official or an educator, the message came through loud and clear.
Producers are interested in capturing more profit from what they produce.
In their testimony, witnesses noted that producers are facing the second year of the worst farm crisis in recent memory. Witnesses pointed to several examples including ethanol plants, the processing of pork for pet toys and soybeans processed into high-grade vegetable oils. I believe that part of that fair shake is through the promotion of these value-added endeavors. With this system, producers will be in the position where the farmgate price has little meaning because their profit concern will be the soybean crush margin, the price of ethanol, and the pork or beef slaughter margin made by their processing plants.