NPPC Congratulates, Shares Zeldin’s Vision to Lead EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 29, 2025 – The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President-Elect Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Lee Zeldin to serve as Administrator to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

“Pork producers appreciate and need the freedom to farm without overregulation, while at the same time respecting our environment and natural resources. As leaders in sustainability, pork producers have continually done more with less. In fact, over the past 50 years, while doubling pork production from 12 billion to 24 billion pounds, our industry has reduced land use by 76 percent, water use by 25 percent, and energy use by 7 percent.”

“In his Senate testimony, Mr. Zeldin defined success as, ‘leaving this world better than we found it.’ Pork producers live by that same philosophy, and we look forward to working with Mr. Zeldin as he leads the EPA.”