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It allowed me to stay in the industry for another ten years or so before i had to exit because of lack of competition for a place for my animals. it has been going on a while. there are opportunities ahead and the grassley bill is one of those things we could be looking forward to. >> dana: i don't farmers and ranchers receive fairly low payments and then it goes to processing in american families are paying more. there is inflation, possibly, as a part of the cause of this. as you say, it is been going on for a long time. did anything that president biden say yesterday encourage you? it might...

Been around for generations. >> dana: president biden finding a role with farmers and ranchers. he's taking them at the meat and poultry industry looking to break up control by some of the biggest processors. joining us now is brent johnson, president of iowa farm bureau and scott blubaugh, acoma farmers union president. how long has concern been around in terms of anti-competitiveness and meat-packing? >> a long time. around the turn-of-the-century this issue is very prevalent. slowly, for last 40 years, we have seen an increase in consolidation in the industry and market power being concentr...

This cuts across all party lines and cuts across different administrations. we are at the point now where something has to be done. >> dana: let me ask you about this quote from mike brown, president of the national chicken council. he said that biden's plan looks like a solution in search of a problem. it's time for the white have to stop playing chicken with our food system and using the meat industry as a scapegoat for the significant challenges facing our economy. does he have a point there or is there a real problem of the president is trying to fix in his own way? >> there certainly is a...

Election in 2022, but if democrats lose the house like i think they will, she's not going to want to stick around and attempt to be the minority leader. nancy pelosi's going to retire. she is 80 some years old. she's been there long time and been a great run. she won't want to go back into the minority because it's going to be two years, for each, or six years for the democrats have the chance to get the majority in the house. >> dana: some are calling for president biden to be primary to in 2024. he's deeply unpopular. you can see this in the approval rating. look at how it's gone down. you k...

>> he said he should shut down the virus. he couldn't do it. president biden and the rest of us forced to watch and hope for the best although hope is not a strategy, as u.s. smashed a global record with one million americans testing positive yesterday. teachers unions claim moring to -- clamoring to keep children home. panic setting in for some democrats who don't want joe biden to run again. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour >> hospital officials are dealing with a critical staffing shortage. i think this is a little what governor desantis talking about. which is, people coming into the