Well said.

Everyone should be aware that the referendum ballots must be postmarked by March 17. Not much time left to cast your vote.

the unfortunate truth is that all packers have become dependent on Mexico or face going out of business. I’ve spoken with Index executives who tell me they are making an effort to diversify their sourcing outside of Mexico but it takes time. We should focus on packers that are at least making efforts to move in this direction

Well said. The real question before us is if the people of the USA want to have a domestic agricultural industry or be dependent on other countries to feed us? Right now we’re heading toward the latter.

In addition to the above directors: 1 Jason Cole of district 4 voted no 2 ANDREW PRECHTL District #5 voted no 3 RYAN ROCHEFORT District #1 voted no. 4 Rob Grether district 3 abstained 5 Peter Shore handler member voted no.