Ag Policy
With a population nearing 50 million, a growing middle class and solid tourism-driven demand from its hotel, restaurant and institutional food service sectors, Kenya has the potential to be a significant export market.
China’s exports to Russia reached a record high in April, amounting to $9.6 billion.
“We can’t prioritize one natural resource concern over all others and we shouldn’t prioritize one solution above all others,” Rep. G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) said.
As of July 1, all transit product is supposed to be labeled accordingly for export, for trans-shipment or “not Prop 12 compliant.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 12 has added “a whole bunch more uncertainty to a very uncertain market,” said Lee Schulz, Iowa State University ag economist and Extension livestock specialist.
The legislation reauthorizes foreign animal disease prevention and management programs in the farm bill.
U.S. House Agriculture’s Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday provided an opportunity for animal agriculture stakeholders to detail their priorities they hope to achieve from lawmakers actions.
From a legal perspective, attorney Eldon McAfee of Des Moines, Iowa, says the Prop 12 ruling came as a bit of a surprise.
A coalition of activist groups submitted a petition, less than a week after the Supreme Court’s decision on Prop 12, to require pig slaughter plants install cameras inside gondola cages used in CO2 stunning systems.
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, says ag need to be “front and center” as the climate solution.
There’s no question the Prop 12 ruling is bad news for U.S. pork producers who will have to comply with this California law, says NPPC’s Michael Formica. But farmers aren’t the only ones who will suffer. Here’s why.
AgriTalk’s host Chip Flory and Pro Farmer analyst Jim Wiesemeyer react to the Proposition 12 ruling and what’s ahead.
Terry Wolters was one of a handful of pork producers who watched Supreme Court justices grill attorneys with questions during oral arguments on Oct. 11 in NPPC v. Ross challenging the constitutionality of Prop 12.
If California can regulate how pregnant sows are treated 2,000 miles away, that means every state can do that for every agricultural product, warns South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson on AgriTalk.
There’s no sugarcoating this is a challenging time in the pork industry. Trade is vital to U.S. pork producers, and exports continue to be a bright spot even during tough times, Lori Stevermer testified on Thursday.
Disappointment, frustration and disbelief shook the U.S. pork industry when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold California’s Proposition 12. Meanwhile, animal activist groups called it a win.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s new humane-pork law, rejecting an industry challenge in a ruling strengthening the power of states to impose rules that have a broad economic impact on other states.
There’s no question Illinois Bacon Day was a day for celebration. However, Illinois pig farmers wanted the day to also bring attention to the important hurdles that pork producers are facing now. Here’s what happened.
How will California’s Prop 12 impact the U.S. pork industry? Barry Goodwin, economist at North Carolina State University, predicts dramatic changes—including further consolidation—as a result of compliance costs.
Before long, Proposition 12 will impact hog producers all across the country not just in California, said AgriTalk host Chip Flory on Thursday.
The Supreme Court has denied a petition to review California’s Proposition 12, which requires the sale of meat products in California to conform with the state’s animal housing standards.
California’s Department of Food and Agriculture’s proposed rules for implementing Prop 12 will create a burdensome, bureaucratic labyrinth of regulatory provisions, NPPC said in comments filed Monday.
The Meat Institute submitted comments to the CDFA, claiming proposed rules for Prop 12 are not only burdensome, complex and unworkable, but most importantly, they provide no food safety or animal welfare benefit.
The USMEF is highlighting potential impact on international trade, including potential logistical challenges for the pork exporters utilizing California’s port infrastructure and cold storage facilities.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation’s petition to strike down Prop 12 as unconstitutional under the dormant Commerce Clause.
U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams dismissed a case brought before an Iowa court challenging Proposition 12.
Voices from the restaurant, grocery, packing and pork industries urged the California Department of Food and Agriculture to reconsider the Proposition 12 implementation timeline during a public hearing Friday.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told AgriTalk host Chip Flory she thought she’d seen it all. But banning bacon is ridiculous.
How much will Proposition 12 cost the U.S. pork industry? It’s a question many are trying to find answers for right now. AgriTalk host Chip Flory interviews Richard Sexton, University of California, Davis on AgriTalk.
After losing an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in July, NPPC and the American Farm Bureau Federation are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against California’s Prop12.