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PRESS RELEASES 2011

DECEMBER 2011

Coalition Urges Japan’s Inclusion In TPP Talks

NOVEMBER 2011

NPPC Wants Japan In TPP Trade Talks

OCTOBER 2011

Tariff On U.S. Pork Lifted By Mexico
NPPC Questions Need For EPA Reporting Rule; Welcomes More Open Process
NPPC claims vistory with passage of FTAs

AUGUST 2011

Pork Checkoff Study: PRRS costs industry $641 million annually

JULY 2011

U.S. Mexico Sign Trucking Agreement
Codex Fails (Again) To Approve Feed Additive
Statement Of National Pork Producers Council On UEP-HSUS Push For Federal Animal Welfare Law

JUNE 2011

Spending Measure Puts 'GIPSA Rule' on Hold

NPPC Wants FTAs Approved Before August

MAY 2011

Farmers and Ranchers Back House Spending Bill
Approve Trade Agreements Now, NPPC Urges
Lawmakers Say Scrap Proposed GIPSA Rule
Pass FTAs, Allow Trucking Program, NPPC Says
Pork Associations Urge Vote Soon On Trade Deals
Without Obstacles, Pork Industry Can Thrive
NPPC Names Wagstrom Chief Veterinarian

April 2011

Trade Agreement Essential to U.S. Pork Industry
Deal With Colombia Will Benefit U.S. Pork Producers

March 2011

NPPC Urges Passage of Deal with Panama

Parham Named New APHIS Administrator

NPPC Comments on EPA/CAFO Court Ruling

Wolf Named NPPC President

U.S., Mexico Reach Deal On Trucking Dispute

February 2011

Geske joins Minnesota Pork staff

January 2011

NPPC Backs Dietary Guidelines
Former Ag Secretaries Urge Approval of Trade Deal

NPPC Pleased with Progress on Mexico Trucking Dispute

Pork Producers Disappointed With EPA Decision On E15

NPPC Pleased with Progress on Mexico Trucking Dispute

PRESS RELEASES 2010

December 2010

FDA Report Has Data On Antibiotics Sold, Not Used

U.S.-South Korea FTA Remains A Good Deal For U.S.Pork Producers

November 2010

Fix Estate Tax Law, NPPC Urges Congress

Agency Lacked, Exceeded Authority On Provisions Of Livestock Rule

Regulation Bad For U.S. Pork Producers, Consumers And Rural America

Mexican Trucking Dispute Hurting U.S. Pork

NPPC Urges Resolution Of Issues Related To U.S.-South Korea FTA

Consumers Should Oppose New Regulation On Buying, Selling Livestock

GIPSA Rule's Costs Substantial, Analysis Finds

October 2010

New economic impact study on livestock rule means rural job losses

Statement on EPA's decision to increase the ethanol blend rate

Lawmakers want GIPSA rule economic analysis

September 2010

NPPC asks president to resolve trucking issue

Price Reporting Act Reauthorized; Veterinarian Bill Passes

NPPC Wants Restrictions on Cuban Trade Lifted

August 2010

Livestock producers fear GIPSA rule's vagueness, unintended consequences

Mexico adds pork to trade retaliation list

Senate Approves Price Reporting Reauthorization

Mandatory Reporting Law Advances in the Senate

July 2010

Agriculture panel concerned with GIPSA rule

All antibiotic uses improve animal health

Groups Urge Immediate Action On FTAs

NPPC Asks For Extension On GIPSA Rule Comment Period

Free Trade Agreements

Groups Urge Immediate Action on FTAs

Obama To Push Deal To Finalize Korea Trade Pact

U.S.Pork Producers Lose Out: Canada Approves Free Trade Deal

Without FTAs, U.S. Pork Producers Could Suffer

June 2010

Environmental Management Practices Standards Up For review

Obama To Push Deal To Finalize Korea Trade Pact

Where’s Science Behind FDA Antibiotics ‘Guidance’?

U.S. Pork Producers Lose Out

GIPSA Rule May Limit Pork Producer Market Options

Redalen Promoted To Director Of Government Relations

May 2010

Pork Lenders Meeting set for July 15

EPA Deal With Environmentalists Will Hurt Farmers

China Begins Accepting U.S. Pork Shipments

Without FTAs, U.S. Pork Producers Could Suffer

April 2010

Wall joins NPPC Washington office

NPPC Applauds Obama Pick For USDA Post

March 2010

China lifts H1N1-related ban on U.S. pork

Producer want trucking issue with Mexico resolved

NPPC elects new officers, board members

NPPC applauds re-opening of Russian market

Pass FTAs to spur job growth, says coalition

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