The ignorance about the food supply that is shown in the posts here is stunning. The problem with the beef supply has nothing to do with Obama, big corporations or the EPA. The problem comes from the last couple of years' drought in Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, a problem that is going to affect Colorado and some of the other beef-producing western states this year. Last year was so bad in the south that hay (winter feed for cattle) quadrupled in price in some places and there was no pasture, so many producers were forced to liquidate their herds or let them starve to death. This not only affects the current supply, but has a knock-on affect for years to come, as it takes time to re-build herds - cows only have 1 calf per year, so it takes a number of years to replace lost cows.

I wish more people would become truely educated on where their food comes from, beyond the grocery store, and realise that most people involved in feeding this country, and the rest of the world, are hard-working, God-fearing folk who are at the mercy of the weather, the economy and many other factors beyond their control. You should be thanking them for the food they put on your tables...

Lots of clueless people.

Beef in this country eat corn.  Animal feed USED to be the number 1 use of corn (and a top use of soy and several other feeds) in the U.S.

Bush's promise in his 2006 State of the Union (and Obama's continuation) of a quest for 30 billion gallons of biofuels a year has caused a near doubling in the demand of corn, resulting in a doubling in the cost of corn, resulting in a doubling of the cost of beef.

Get it?

Get off ethanol - meat becomes cheaper.

Who needs backyards anymore? Get rid of the swimming pools, patios and parking lots. It may be time for every family in America to have a few chickens, a few producing cattle, some pigs, maybe goats, a good garden and some of the tools of yesteryear that allowed families to make sure they had food to eat.

I realize that this isn't possible in a lot of regions of this country, but maybe, just maybe we're on the verge of forming neighborhood cooperatives, members who invest in being part of small entrepreneurial start-up farms that provide a source of food for its members. We partner with small to medium sized family farms. Gives them a shot to survive the Corporate takeover and is a plus for the rest of us. Nothing against Corporations, just interested in surviving this century.

We're going back to tie the past into the future. Could be the only way we survive. Get the DeLoreans out and watch for lightning.

You got to ask yourself.....are you better off than you were 4 years ago? The same question we ask every general election.

We've hade nothing but a long line of bad Presidents, both republican & democrats.

We keep electing the same old duds to congress.

When will the American voter wake up?