Prop 12 Pressure Mounts: Pork Producers Call on Congress to Act Now or Risk Further Chaos

Prop 12 Pressure Mounts: Pork Producers Call on Congress to Act Now or Risk Further Chaos

Pork producers all across the U.S. continue to push lawmakers on Capitol Hill to pass a legislative fix this year for California’s Prop 12. “We want one law from the federal government that says you can’t have a regulation or a law within one state that regulates outside of their borders when it comes to how we raise our pigs,” says Jackie Bowman Ponder, who serves on the Board of Directors for the National Pork Producers Council. She is also th…

Ohio Pork Council focused on ag labor, Prop 12 fix in 2026

The president-elect of the Ohio Pork Council is outlining the organization’s top policy concerns for 2026.  Jarred Black says the industry continues to face ag labor challenges. “We have generational changes and staffing shortages across the area and the state,” he says. “We need to be able to have a good access pool of on-farm […] The post Ohio Pork Council focused on ag labor, Prop 12 fix in 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

USDA Official Calls California’s Prop 12 a Threat to a Unified U.S. Pork Market

A senior USDA official has renewed strong criticism of California’s Proposition 12, calling the state’s animal housing and product sale standards a form of domestic trade protectionism that could disrupt the national pork market and raise costs for producers and consumers. At a recent agriculture policy event, the deputy secretary of agriculture described laws like […] The post USDA Official Calls California’s Prop 12 a Threat to a Unified U.S. …