In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: pork producers, veterinarians get big win on antimicrobial use; Congress approves another short-term funding bill; NPPC’s Hord, Pittman, and Curliss speak at Leman Conference; ag groups again ask White House to prevent port shutdown; NPPC supports lawmakers’ ask of EPA to back agricultural waste rendering;…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: NPPC leads coalition to appeal NFPA sprinkler decision; NPPC’s Dr. Johnson defends pork industry’s judicious antimicrobial use; NPPC’s Dr. Forseth participates in Swine Health Improvement Plan discussions; NPPC Drs. Johnson, Carr highlight U.S. pork priorities with Codex leadership; NPPC’s Zieba participates in foreign animal disease…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: Pork priorities included in House Appropriations-approved fiscal 2025 ag funding bill; Ohio pork producer alerts Congress of EPA policies affecting agriculture; NPPC weighs in on antimicrobial resistance comments; NPPC’s Johnson highlights pork’s Codex priorities with Caribbean nations; NPPC highlights policy priorities at 2024 National Pork…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: NPPC secures 100% of priorities in House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill; NPPC participates in Mexican Pork Congress; NPPC’s Johnson defends judicious antimicrobial use at U.N. hearing; NPPC weighs in on U.K. meat labeling proposal; and NPPC’s Forseth provides updates on Prop. 12. Take a deeper…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: California Prop. 12 now in full effect as NPPC continues to look for solutions; NPPC comments on FDA antibiotics proposal; and U.S. pork exports could top 2021’s record amount. Take a deeper dive below. California Prop. 12 now in full effect as NPPC continues to…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: EPA’s proposed wastewater regulation sparks concerns; NPPC participates in 13th annual antibiotics symposium; ag groups weigh in on WTO trade issues; support for tax credit for renewable fuel from methane; NPPC addresses pork industry issues at USMEF meeting; and FDA moves to withdraw use of…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: NPPC cautions FDA on antimicrobial use data proposal; NPPC briefs House Republican Conference on producers’ priorities; Biden visits pork farm to tout investment in rural America; Biden talks economic cooperation with Western Hemisphere nations; USTR Tai in South Africa to discuss AGOA; Take a deeper…
In this week’s National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Friday recap: ADUFA passed in continuing resolution; anti-checkoff amendment fails in House Ag appropriations bill; NPPC asks producers to comment on swine traceability; NPPC’s Dr. Carr attends Codex; U.S. holds second round of trade talks with Kenya: USDA holds virtual sessions for ASF Action Week; Cassidy-Crawford legislation…
Groups Urge Administration to Weigh in on Shipping Port Labor TalksToday, NPPC joined more than 150 agriculture and business groups in urging the Biden administration to get the two sides in labor talks on West Coast shipping operations to extend their current contract while a new agreement is finalized. The contract between the Pacific Maritime…
NPPC, Farm Bureau File Prop. 12 Brief With Supreme Court NPPC and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) today filed their initial brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in their case against California’s Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork not produced according to the state’s production standards. The high court is expected to…