Recently, I was at the Fort Worth Stockyards looking up at the historic offices of Swift and Company Meat Packers and thinking how my ancestors would be rolling over in their graves. I’m Susan Allen and In a moment I will be back with Jeff Keane with more on what I regard as a travesty for America’s cattle producers. Jeff as I watched Long Horns amble on cue through Fort Worth’s historic stockyards, it seemed ironic; a corny  reenactment of a cattle drive through a once great packing district created by American ingenuity and  sold because of corporate greed. My father-in law was a  cattle  buyer for  Swift and his father worked there as well,  they would have been appalled to learn that Swift is now owned by  a Brazilian conglomerate,  because the merger created the  world’s largest  meat packer with outlets in  Australia and Argentina as well,  leaving  US cattle producers in a venerable position.  Susan, for one hundred and fifty years the Swift Company revolutionized the meat industry. Initially by developing the refrigerated railcar, and latter investing in food safety technology. They were the first in the meat industry to institute E.Coli  testing.  In the end I share your sentiments, It’s pride in our American heritage that makes it tough to watch good US companies go global. I’m Jeff Keane.