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| Mar 21, 2025 | The Egg and Meat Market: A Tale of Supply, Demand, and Speed | The egg and meat markets are in a state of flux. Prices are dropping, but the future remains uncertain. The USDA reports a significant decline in wholesale egg prices. Meanwhile, the meat industry is pushing for faster processing speeds. Bo... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Trump admin looks to allow meat processers to permanently run faster line speeds | Listen to the article 4 min
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The USDA plans to permanently allow pork and poultry processing plants to operate at faster line speeds, a move long favored by t... |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Despite pushback, lawmakers advance bill to double inspections of Indiana’s confined animal farms | |
| Nov 9, 2024 | A Shift in Dietary Norms: The Rise of Plant Proteins in America | The winds of change are blowing through American kitchens. For the first time, the proposed 2025 Dietary Guidelines suggest a pivot from traditional meat-centric diets to a more plant-based approach. This shift is not just a trend; it’s a f... |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Proposed US Dietary Guidelines Prioritize Plant Proteins Over Meat for the First Time | The US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) are currently reviewing proposed updates to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines that would shift emphasis toward plant-based proteins, a significant adjustment from tradit... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Court denies petition for stronger EPA regulation of large livestock farms | Listen to the article 2 min
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A federal judge rejected a petition from environmental activists for more strict regulation of large livestock operations in a win for the U.... |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Unfavorable US pork market weighs on Smithfield owner | Dive Brief:
Smithfield Foods’ China-based owner WH Group continued to face headwinds in its pork segment through the third quarter due to high costs and low sales in the U.S.
The company’s pork unit reported an operating loss of $431 millio... |
| Jun 26, 2023 | California grants pork industry some Prop 12 relief | Dive Brief:
California will delay implementing its controversial Proposition 12 for pork already in the supply chain, giving the industry some more breathing room to comply with the state's animal-raising requirements.
A Superior Court judg... |
| May 17, 2023 | Supreme Court ruling upholding California’s animal welfare law could lead more states to act | A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week to uphold a California law banning the sale of pork from farms that confine pregnant pigs in gestation crates could have a widespread impact on the way states regulate the production of meat an... |
| May 11, 2023 | Supreme Court rejects pork industry challenge to California law | Dive Brief:
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the pork industry’s challenge to California Proposition 12 in a 5-4 ruling Thursday.
Writing the opinion for the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch said pork producers “invited” the court to “fashion two... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Plant employees can perform meat inspections, court rules | Dive Brief:
USDA’s new system of allowing plant employees to conduct some inspections at pork processing plants is permissible under federal law, a California federal judge ruled last week. Consumer advocacy groups Center for Food Safety, F... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | For the Week Ending October 29, 2021 | HOUSE DEMOCRATS, WHITE HOUSE REACH TENTATIVE RECONCILIATION FRAMEWORK
President Biden and House Democrats this week agreed on a framework for the budget reconciliation bill that includes $1.75 trillion in spending and almost $2 trillion in ... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | For the Week Ending October 1, 2021 | VILSACK ANNOUNCES $500 MILLION FOR FIGHT AGAINST ASF
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Wednesday announced that USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will get $500 million in Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for t... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | AFBF, NPPC File Prop. 12 Appeal to Supreme Court | WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 27, 2021 - The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against California's Proposition 12, which would ban the sale of pork ... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | For the Week Ending September 24, 2021 | ASF DETECTED IN HAITI
African swine fever (ASF) now has been confirmed in Haiti, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. ASF was detected in the Dominican Republic in July. Last week, USDA's Animal and P... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | For the Week Ending September 10, 2021 | NPPC ASKS CONGRESS TO ADDRESS AG LABOR SHORTAGE IN RECONCILIATION BILL
With a scheduled vote in the U.S. House set for Monday, NPPC this week called on Congress to include in a budget reconciliation bill language to expand the existing H-2A... |
| Jul 23, 2021 | For the Week Ending July 23, 2021 | NPPC URGES CONGRESS TO ADDRESS LABOR REFORM
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, NPPC President Jen Sorenson urged Congress to address the agriculture labor shortage by expanding the H-2A visa program for year-ro... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | NPPC Calls for Labor Reform; Launches Campaign Showcasing Vital Contributions of Foreign-Born Workers | Seeks Changes to H-2A Visa Program
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 1, 2021- The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) today introduced a campaign, 'Year-Round Pork Needs Year-Round Workers,' highlighting the vital role of foreign-born workers acros... |
| Jun 25, 2021 | For the Week Ending June 25, 2021 | LAWMAKERS URGE ADMINISTRATION TO HALT LINE SPEED COURT ORDER
Seventy lawmakers joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Reps. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in letters this week, asking the administration to stop a recent ... |
| Jun 22, 2021 | Court Ruling Undermines U.S. Pork Industry Competition | WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2021- A federal district court ruling striking down pork harvest facility line speeds allowed under the USDA's New Swine Inspection System (NSIS) will lead to increased U.S. pork industry market concentration. The... |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Neil Dierks Announces Plans to Retire from NPPC | DES MOINES, IA, June 4, 2021 - After 31 years of distinguished service with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), including the last 20 as CEO, Neil Dierks has announced his plan to retire from NPPC by the end of the year. The NPPC Bo... |
| May 25, 2021 | Federal Judge Ruling Disastrous for Small U.S. Hog Farmers | May 25, 2021
NPPC Seeks USDA Remedy
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25, 2021 - Left unchallenged, a recent federal district court ruling will result in a 2.5 percent loss in pork packing plant capacity nationwide, and more than $80 million in reduced... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | For the Week Ending January 15, 2021 | NPPC LAUNCHES 'FARMING TODAY FOR TOMORROW' CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT
On Wednesday, NPPC launched a multimedia campaign, 'Farming Today for Tomorrow,' to showcase U.S. pork producers' long-standing commitment to environm... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Citing ASF, US pork producers call for limits on soy feed imports | The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and multiple state pork organizations asked Sonny Perdue, US secretary of agriculture, and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), to restrict imports of organic soy ingredients intended for use... |
| Feb 5, 2020 | Future Food: The need for technology in an antiquated, but still huge, pork industry | In a world of African Swine Fever, increasing scrutiny of the meat industry and consumer demand for transparency, the pork industry needs to modernize. But according to Chris Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig, a software platform for pork produ... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Why I’m most excited about pork alternatives | It’s been all about pork alternatives in the alt-meat space in 2020 and it’s a welcome, and important, shift from the focus on beef.
Ask any of my friends or family what my favorite food is and they’ll tell you it’s sausages, the British ki... |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Supreme Court to hear pork producers' challenge to how pigs are raised | UPDATE: March 28, 2022: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 12 decision on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
While some pork produc... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | A porcine predicament for rural North Carolina | |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Europe and Mexico aren't backing down from a fight with Trump, and they're trying to hit him where it hurts | Henry Romero/Reuters
President Donald Trump and Mexico's President Pena Nieto
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Mexico and the European Union hit the US with tariffs in response to President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.
The EU and Mexico targeted... |
| Jan 8, 2004 | COOL a hot issue again | Lawmakers in 2001 ordered such labelling to begin this October. But a proposed provision in the pending Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) bill, inserted at the urging of meatpackers, pork producers and grocery chains, would delay the label... |