mr. thompson: very good. mr. browne, ms. kennedy, thank you for your time. madam chair, my time has expired. chair plaskett: for the ranking member of the full committee, you get len yhency -- leniency in more ways than one. congresswoman kirkpatrick. mrs. kirkpatrick: thank you, chairwoman. i thank you for having this hearing. i have a multigenerational family of ranchers. we had an enormous ranch. and ranched cattle. it would always be there as a kid. it's interesting to me that times have changed. so anyway, my question is for mr. shannon. you know, livestock producers are serving local markets, often have a difficult time getting a market-ready product produced, requiring meat slaughtering and processing as well as aggregation of local meat products for sale at the wholesale market. so can you describe some of the challenges facing local meat producers and how that impacts business decisions? mr. shannon: yes. thank you for that question. one of the biggest things that we face at this time -- we've been using a usda inspected processor for many years and

i noted our ranking member, mr. thompson was with us earlier. but right now, i would like to call on mr. scott for his testimony. mr. scott of georgia, but i always say the younger scott, right? >> fair enough. >> scott the younger. >> fair enough. thank you, and i want to talk briefly about the supply chain a little bit. i can't talk about this without the american farmer watching. the american farmer gets less at the grocery store. probably even less than that right now, the increased cost of transportation and what is happening with inflation at the grocery store. the american farmer is not seeing that revenue. i went to the local grocery store on this past weekend. i passed over the state because it simply cost way too much. i looked at the pork, and was pork was unbelievably high, and i ended up with $5 worth of chicken that i think i paid 7 or $8 for, and so when we talk about supply chain, it's not limited to the farmer. the american consumer is feeling the brunt of this when they walk into the grocery store, and i want you to know as the

ranking member thompson was with this earlier paired right now i would like to call on mr. scott for his testimony paid mr. scott of georgia i always said the younger scott. >> fair enough. thank you. want to talk briefly about the supply chain just a little bit. i cannot talk about this without reminding the american public, the american farmer gets a little less than 10 cents of every dollar you're store.g at the grocery probably even less than that right now. the increased cost of transportation what is happening with inflation at the grocery store, the american farmer is not seeing that revenue. out to the local grocery store this past week and intending to buy steak i passed over the stake is simply cost way too much. i looked at the pork and it was unbelievably high. i ended up with $5 with of chicken i paid sevensu or $8 for. we talk about supply chain is not limited to the farmer for the american consumer is feeling the brunthe of this when they walk into the grocery store print i want you to know asas a consumer is not seeing the price increases you are seeing. we