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The latest Swine Disease Reporting System report has some people scratching their heads. For the first time in recent memory, porcine circovirus type 2 jumped into the top 10 most-diagnosed diseases list at the ISU VDL.

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.