U.S. Pork Exports Soar During Pork Month What happened? U.S. pork exports in October – National Pork Month – reached their highest in 16 months, according to data recently released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Year-over-year, exports were up 5% in October, topping 238,000 metric tons, the largest amount since June 2021.…
NPPC Weighs in on APHIS New Approach to Livestock Indemnity What happened? On Nov. 7, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) submitted comments to the Federal Register in response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) published by USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regarding its new approach on how it determines and pays…
NPPC to Provide Comments for USTR’s NTE Report Background: Each year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) welcomes comments to aid in identifying barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, U.S. foreign-direct investment and U.S. electronic commerce for inclusion in the National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report.…
Mexican President Issues Decree to Fight Food Prices What happened? On Oct. 19, Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador published a decree titled the Package Against Inflation and Famine with the objective of reducing the average price of the basic basket of 24 food products by 8%. It creates a universal import license that companies…
Letter of Opposition for a Section 301 Investigation on Imports From Mexico What happened? On Oct. 5, over 20 agricultural and industry associations, including National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), signed a letter urging USTR to reject the petition sent by a group of members of Congress to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)…
Mandatory Price Reporting Extended in Federal Funding Bill The Senate and House approved legislation that funds federal programs, including the Mandatory Price Reporting program, through Dec. 16. President Biden was expected to sign into law the continuing resolution, which keeps the government running at current funding levels, before the start of fiscal 2023, which begins…
Federal Judge Issues Stay of Massachusetts Question 3With regulations implementing it set to take effect Monday, Aug. 15, a federal judge Thursday granted NPPC’s motion for a stay of Massachusetts Question 3. The law would ban the sale of pork from hogs born to sows housed in pens that don’t comply with the state’s new…
Report Highlights Pork Industry Contributions To U.S. Jobs, EconomyNPPC released a new economic report highlighting how America’s pig farmers are significant contributors to the agricultural and overall U.S. economy. The report, authored by NPPC staff economist Holly Cook and Iowa State University economist Lee Schulz, features the U.S. pork industry’s value chain contributions and growth…