NPPC Outlines Pork Industry Priorities in House Ag Subcommittee Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2023 — Scott Hays, a fifth-generation pork producer from Missouri and President of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), testified before the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry as part
House Ag Spending Bill Released, Markup Thursday
The House Agriculture Appropriations bill released this week provides $26.3 billion for total funding, $532 million below the 2023 funding level. The bill provides $17.1 billion to the Department of Agriculture, which is $8.6 billion below current
Livestock Producers Slam Prop 12, PSA Reforms, WOTUS Rules; Stress Foreign Animal Disease Control, H2A Reforms, FTAs at Farm Bill Hearing
Livestock producers covered the full range of issues facing their industries at a House farm bill hearing. National Pork Producers President Scott Hays on the Supreme Court upholding California’s Prop 12 affecting stall size for sows raised
Senate Ag Committee Advances Torres Small Nomination
The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday advanced the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture to the full Senate for consideration. Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, says, ” Ms. Torres Small has
Legislation Introduced to Protect Farms from Feral Hogs
Lawmakers this week in the Senate introduced the Feral Swine Eradication Act. The legislation would extend and make permanent a pilot program to safeguard public health, agriculture, and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine. Senators
Food Spending Decreased Unevenly Across States in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States disrupted the food industry in 2020, according to fresh data from USDA’s Economic Research Service. Inflation-adjusted total U.S. food expenditures were 6.6 percent lower in 2020 than in 2019. However,