Sarah Little of the Meat Institute stood by as federal investigators opened a criminal probe into the four massive companies that now control 85% of the American beef market. The Justice Department is examining whether National Beef Inc., Cargill, Tyson Foods, and JBS have illegally coordinated prices, effectively crushing the independent rancher and the local butcher. At cattle auctions across the heartland, where the air smells of hay and diesel, independent producers describe a system that has seen them losing money for twenty months while the price of a ribeye steak at the supermarket continues to climb. "Beef processors have been losing money for the last 20 months as they pay producers higher prices," Sarah Little told investigators, according to Farm Progress, but the reality for the family table tells a different story. This paper has long advocated for the small proprietor against the faceless corporation. When four entities can dictate the price of the nation's food, they hold a power that belongs only to God and the people, and they must be brought to heel to protect the independence of our farmers and the nutrition of our children.