WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 13, 2018 – About 100 pork producers and pork industry leaders gathered here this week for the fall legislative conference of the National Pork Producers Council. The biannual fly-in gives producers an opportunity to lobby their members of Congress on important industry issues. During dozens of visits Wednesday, producers discussed with their…
The U.S. pork industry has been hit harder than nearly every other sector of the U.S. economy as a result of the Trump Administration’s complex overhaul of U.S. trade policy. This overhaul has upended the global trade arena, resulting in trade disputes between the United States and countries spanning all regions of the world, and…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2018 – The National Pork Producers Council praised today’s passage by the House of the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,” which includes several provisions important to U.S. pork producers, and urged the Senate to quickly pass its version of the 2018 Farm Bill. Chief among the important provisions is language…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2018 – The National Pork Producers Council was encouraged that the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry included in its 2018 Farm Bill — the text was released today — language establishing a vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). FMD is an infectious viral disease…
Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a Berkeley, Calif.-based group that works for “total animal liberation” and “species equality,” this Friday is set to protest at The Spotted Pig, a New York City restaurant that “celebrates all things pork.” As part of its demonstration, members will take to Twitter, using the hashtags HumanePorkIsALie and ItsNotFoodItsViolence. HOTH suggests a polite reply:…
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12 – The National Pork Producers Council hailed the House Committee on Agriculture’s inclusion in its 2018 Farm Bill of language establishing and funding a vaccine bank to combat an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). FMD is an infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, pigs and sheep; it is…
The Guardian, a left-of-center U.K. newspaper, is publishing a series titled Animals Farmed to examine “the global impact of intensive farming practices and exploring sustainable solutions.” The articles so far have been highly critical of America’s modern farm animal production methods, even intimating that U.S. meat isn’t safe. The U.S. livestock industry has responded, taking…
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 22, 2018 – Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs critical to the continuity of livestock market operations will continue during the current federal government shutdown. The Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program, managed by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, is the sole source of market information on sales to packers of cattle, swine…
