Capital Update – For the Week Ending Jan. 20, 2023
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council Friday recap: trade, GIPSA comments and a legal challenge over the WOTUS rule. Take a deeper dive below.
Ghana Officially Opens Market…
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National Pork Producers Council
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) works on behalf of an industry that reliably and responsibly brings high-quality pork to markets across the globe. Comprised of 42 affiliated state pork producer associations, NPPC fights for public policies, programs, and trade pacts that ensure the U.S. pork industry can continue to provide consumers with the world’s safest, most wholesome, and nutritious pork products.
As the global voice for the U.S. pork industry, National Pork Producers Council advocates for the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of U.S. pork producers and their partners by fighting for reasonable public policy defending our freedom to operate and expanding access to global markets.
Economic Contribution of the U.S. Pork Industry
610K+
jobs are supported by the pork industry
66K+
total pork producers
140M+
hogs are annually marketed
$57B+
pork industry adds to the GDP
The Pork Industry adds more than $57 billion in GDP to the U.S. economy
More than half a million people work in the pork industry supply chain to provide a variety of safe, wholesome, and affordable products that nourish people all over the world.
Speaking on the issues
Hardworking American pork producers need a strong voice in society. NPPC speaks out to legislators, regulators, and trade organizations on policy issues in agriculture and industry, animal well-being, commerce, food safety, the environment and energy, and more.
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News & Resources
View All NewsCapital Update — For the Week Ending January 13, 2022
Groups Want North American Ag Trade Strengthened
What happened: NPPC this week joined 16 other agricultural organizations in asking representatives of the United States, Canada, and Mexico at the…
Capital Update – For the Week Ending January 6, 2023
FAS Allocates Fiscal 2023 MAP, FMD Funds to Promote Exports
What happened: Before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded nearly…
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Whether you’re a producer, a processor, a supplier to the industry or retailer, or someone simply interested in maintaining a long tradition of nutritious farming, NPPC makes it easy to get involved.
