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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2012 – Pork producers and the U.S. economy are losing billions of dollars in exports because of non-science-based food-safety and health barriers erected by foreign countries, the National Pork Producers Council today told a House subcommittee. Testifying on behalf of NPPC, Jim Boyer, a hog farmer from Ringsted, Iowa, told the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2012 – In response to a new economic study on the impact of corn ethanol production on food prices and commodity price volatility, a coalition of livestock and poultry groups is urging Congress to reform the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which mandates the amount of ethanol that must be produced […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2012 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today withdrew a proposed rule that would have required large livestock and poultry farmers to report information about their operations and undermined court decisions related to producer obligations under the Clean Water Act, a move applauded by the National Pork Producers Council. EPA’s proposed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2012 – The recent decision at the G20 summit to include Canada in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the United States, New Zealand and Australia up in arms over Canada’s open agricultural subsidy schemes, in particular its programs for Canadian pork production. The TPP countries – the United States, Australia, New […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2012 – The National Pork Producers Council praised a U.N. commission for finally approving an international standard for a safe and approved feed ingredient. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which was established by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization and its World Health Organization to promote food safety and fair practices in […]