WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced details of its second program providing trade retaliation relief to American farmers. Eligible U.S. pork producers will receive $11 per head based on inventory between April 1-May 15, 2019. The USDA also announced it will make pork purchases of $208 million to support…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 – Today, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) launched “Keep America First in Agriculture,” a new campaign to highlight the importance of establishing a proper regulatory framework for gene editing in American livestock. Gene editing technology, which introduces useful genetic variation into food animal breeding programs, promises significant animal health benefits, including a natural immunity to disease and a reduction in the…
U.S. Pork Producers Call for USDA Oversight of Gene Edited Livestock on America’s Farms WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2019 – Based on recommendations by the administration’s Rural Development Taskforce, President Trump today signed an executive order to streamline regulations for agriculture biotechnology, a development welcomed by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). “Agriculture is one…
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2019 – National Pork Producers Council President David Herring, a pork producer from Lillington, NC, on Friday, April 12, 2019, joined President Trump, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Ivanka Trump for an announcement on the administration’s plan to make the United States the global leader in 5G wireless deployment.…
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8, 2019 – At the annual business meeting of the National Pork Producers Council – the National Pork Industry Forum held March 7-8 in Orlando, Fla. – NPPC delegates adopted several important resolutions, including those that call on NPPC to: Strengthen pork industry efforts to prevent foreign animal diseases (FADs) from entering…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2018 – America’s pork producers, currently facing declining incomes, a growing labor shortage and market volatility caused by trade disputes, don’t also need to contend with red tape and unfunded mandates from Washington, the National Pork Producers Council testified today at a congressional hearing on the impacts of regulations on small…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2018 – The National Pork Producers Council hailed today’s introduction by Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., of legislation to revise existing trucking regulations to make them more flexible for drivers hauling livestock. The “Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act” would establish a working group at the Department of Transportation (DOT)…