Hogs Animal Welfare
The U.S. agriculture community tends to be proud of our role in providing families around the world with safe, affordable and nutritious food. And we have reason to be. However, not everyone shares that same sentiment.
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is backing a measure to strip out California’s Prop 12. Her goal is to ensure pork producers from across the country, including her home state, can continue selling pork in the U.S.
Livestock producers need more time to make required changes to their operations in order to comply with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ proposed Regulations Implementing the Act to Prevent Cruelty to Farm Animals.
Is Petition 13 out of Oregon as ridiculous as it sounds? Hannah Thompson-Weeman, vice president for strategic engagement at the Animal Agriculture Alliance, weighs in on Petition 13, the PAUSE Act and Prop 12.
U.S. hog farmers are eagerly anticipating a mid-summer federal appeals court ruling on arbitrary animal housing standards being imposed on farms in the U.S. next year, driving up costs for pork producers and consumers.
With so much conversation around sustainable nutrition and some voices calling for everyone to ditch meat to save the planet, we all need to get more comfortable communicating about nutrition.
Being the victim of a crime can be a traumatic experience. Whether it’s a break-in at your farm or an animal activist trespassing on your property, John Sancenito says how you respond can make all the difference.
As a former police detective and terrorism expert, John Sancenito understands that it’s hard for people, especially farmers who have the tendency to be self-reliant, to involve the police when a break-in occurs.
Brandi Burton, DVM, Suidae Health and Production, Algona, Iowa, shared her thoughts with AgriTalk host Chip Flory on the pork industry’s progress in addressing several issues.
NPPC outlined pork producers’ commitment to environmental sustainability and urged the danger of policies such as Prop 12 in comments regarding President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis.
The uncertainty surrounding Proposition 12 right now has put all U.S. producers in a challenging position, said NPPC president Jen Sorenson during a media briefing following NPPC’S Legislative Action Conference.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance responds to a recent article that takes aim at a prominent U.S. pork producer.
Animal rights activist Matthew Johnson with the group Direct Action Everywhere has been charged with trespassing at a food operation for his Feb. 5 presence outside an Iowa Select Farms sow operation in Dows, Iowa.
How will Proposition 12 be enforced? If I invest a lot of money to change my barn to be compliant, what’s coming next that I’ll need to adapt to? There are more questions than answers about Prop 12 implementation.
The governments of nearly half the U.S. states are in agreement of the North American Meat Institute’s petition challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12.
Attempting to use the legislative process to make things more difficult for animal agriculture is far from a new tactic for animal rights activist organizations, but things seem to be heating up in this area.
Proposition 12, California’s animal welfare rule, is slated to take effect on Jan. 1, 2022. But with these new regulations still mired in a legal battle, the pork industry is left in limbo, Rabobank says.
The Meat Institute filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review an earlier ruling of the Meat Institute’s challenge to the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12.
If you notice something is not right on the farm or you see evidence of a break-in, it’s time to activate your plan to protect your farm.
Preparation is the best defense, especially when it comes to an animal activist attack. Although no one wants to imagine an animal activist infiltrating their farm, having a plan in place is a wise practice.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the Meat Institute’s challenge to California’s 2018 ballot initiative that imposes new standards for animal housing.
As much as 2020 has shown us being flexible is just as valuable as having plans, I still believe there is merit to taking a moment to reflect on some of the trends we’ve seen and how they may impact us moving forward.
The North American Meat Institute’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12 received key support from the federal government and 20 states with the filing of two amicus briefs.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2021 Stakeholders Summit will be hosted virtually May 5-6 bringing top thought leaders in the industry together to discuss hot-button issues and out-of-the-box ideas.
ASPCA has announced its second “Factory Farm Detox,” a campaign the activist group hopes will encourage Americans to “eliminate factory-farmed foods” during a week-long consumer challenge.
Undercover video shot last winter shows abuse at calf raising facility.
Security experts share four tips to educate consumers and protect your pig farm from activists.
Developing and implementing an on-farm pig handling training program.
Police in Thomasville, N.C., are taking a little bit of ribbing over their photos of a runaway pot-belly pig, taken into police custody this week.
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