Prop 12
During her confirmation hearing, she emphasized her dedication to agriculture and addressed her stance on ethanol, the Renewable Fuel Standard, tariff impact aid for farmers and Prop 12.
Proposition 12 is exacerbating food insecurity in California – especially in the Asian and Latino communities who rely on pork as their primary protein.
Pork producers do not have the luxury of waiting for Congress to pass a new, five-year Farm Bill next year, says Lori Stevermer, president of the National Pork Producers Council.
A veterinarian, a pork producer and a Prop 12 certifying agent share Prop 12 lessons learned this year.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led 21 other states in supporting the appeal of a district court ruling that upheld Massachusetts’s radical pork ban.
What’s the reality of a post-Proposition 12 America where every link in the food supply chain is impacted by new financial burdens imposed on pork producers?
Producers across the country have experienced headwinds as the farm bill delays continue, ranging from extreme weather to high input costs to uncertain global demand to supply chain disruptions.
While there has been some hope new markets created by Prop 12 would provide additional premiums to producers, it’s prudent any potential short-term gains do not distract from the long-term dilemma these laws present.
Animal health, the farm bill, free markets and Prop 12 were the hot topics during a conversation with Bryan Humphreys, CEO of the National Pork Producers Council on AgriTalk.
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has passed their 2024 Farm Bill, which supported all of pork producer’s farm bill requests, including a federal fix to the host of Prop 12 issues plaguing producers and consumers.
The National Pork Producers Council joined forces with American Farm Bureau Federation to garner support from 900+ agricultural stakeholders supporting the federal fix to Prop 12 to be included in the 2024 Farm Bill.
On average, retail California pork prices have gone up by 20% since July 1, 2023, when Proposition 12 was fully implemented. A new study shows pork prices are surging. What does this mean for California consumers?
The nation’s pork producers are feeling the fallout of California’s Proposition 12. AgDay’s Michelle Rook said this is a huge blow to the nation’s pork producers, especially when it comes to interstate commerce.
When Trish Cook, past president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, joined 20 Iowa pig farmers on a trip to California to see the effect of Proposition 12, she wasn’t surprised by the amount of chaos it’s created.
A North Carolina pork producer and NPPC’s Holly Cook presented to members of Congress on the economic and on-farm impacts of California Proposition 12 and Massachusetts Question 3. Here’s why it matters.
California’s Proposition 12 has already raised pork prices for consumers in California and decreased pork sales volumes in the state, according to data compiled by the USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist.
There will be chaos in the U.S. meat marketplace without congressional action on California’s Prop 12 law that tightened animal welfare requirements for pork products sold in the state, says U.S. Secretary of Ag Vilsack.
Phil Borgic vividly remembers sitting in his civics class years ago. He thought it was pretty cut and dry that one state can’t tell another how to run their business. But that didn’t apply for Prop 12, he told AgriTalk.
Pork producers across the country continue to voice their concerns over how California’s Proposition 12 could negatively impact family farms and are looking to Congress for a solution.
Although implementation of California’s Proposition 12 is technically in effect, experts agree the practical aspect of enforcement is less obvious. The most notable changes will follow full enforcement on Jan. 1, 2024.
“Schillinger Farms is Prop 12 compliant in California.” Messages like this are popping up on social media as show pig producers who’ve become Proposition 12 certified prepare to sell show pigs in California in 2024.
“California Prop 12 has the potential to disrupt the free movement of goods across state lines and poses a serious threat to small family farms,” Hinson testified before the House Committee on Agriculture.
Has the costly impact of Proposition 12 reached California consumers? A new study out of the USDA Chief Economist’s Office suggests it has.
California Department of Food and Agriculture released details on the on-site inspection requirements for a pork producer obtaining a third-party certification according to Proposition 12.
Reports of empty meat shelves in California can’t be attributed to Prop 12, said Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Agriculture, at the Ag Media Summit in Palm Springs, Calif. At least, not yet.
It’s not feasible to expect all pork producers to comply with Proposition 12, explains Kelly Cushman, NPPC vice president of domestic policy. Here’s a look at her chat with Chip Flory of AgriTalk this week.
NPPC supports the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, but Clemens Food Group is not supportive, and Hormel, Smithfield and Tyson have said they intend to comply with California’s Prop 12 law.
California Proposition 12 creates significant challenges and market uncertainty for pig farmers across the country and has far-reaching implications beyond the pork industry, NPPC notes in its latest economic update.
Is Question 3 worse than Prop 12? That’s a question on many producers’ minds. A Massachusetts judge has signed an extension of the current stay on implementation of Q3. Here’s what that means for the industry.
“Pork producers need the freedom to operate without worrying about excessive government regulation tripping them up, and that’s exactly what this bill will do,” says Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa).