I am going to start out this week with a comment I came across over this past weekend, that in my mind, really sums up with what we are dealing with at this time. It comes from Dr. Andrew Griffith, assistant professor and livestock marketing specialist for the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics at University of Tennessee. Dr. Griffith wrote, “It has become clear that beef cattle producers are concerned about the negative direction of cattle prices stemming from national leadership comments and negative press on ‘high retail beef prices.’ Something important to remember is markets work! High prices...