  We present the initial sample of redshifts for 3,839 galaxies in the MeerKAT
DEEP2 field -- the deepest $\sim$1.4\,GHz radio field yet observed. Using a
spectrophotometric technique combining coarse optical spectra with broadband
photometry, we obtain redshifts with $\sigma_z \leq 0.01(1+z)$. The resulting
radio luminosity functions between $0.2<z<1.3$ from our sample of 3,839
individual galaxies are in remarkable agreement with those inferred from
modeling radio source counts, confirming an excess in radio-based SFRD$(z$)
measurements at late times compared to those from the UV--IR. Several sources
of systematic error are discussed -- with most having the potential of
exacerbating the discrepancy -- with the conclusion that significant work
remains to have confidence in a full accounting of the star formation budget of
the universe.
