Farm Reporter Maci Carter recently spoke with Duane Stateler, President of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), at Washington Watch in Washington, D.C. The conversation centered on the pork industry’s priorities as Congress works towards finalizing the farm bill, as well as ongoing concerns regarding Prop 12, international trade, EPA regulations, and labor. Stateler emphasized …
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Aug 08
NPPC Calls on Congress to Find Solution to States Regulating Outside of Their Borders
At the Oklahoma Pork Congress in Oklahoma City, Farm Director, KC Sheperd had the chance to talk with the CEO of the National Pork Producer’s Council, Bryan Humphreys, about NPPC’s priorities regarding the 2023 Farm Bill and more. “As we talk about the Farm Bill, our priorities wrap around the need for foreign animal disease …
May 26
Pork Producers Celebrate SCOTUS Ruling on WOTUS
What happened: This week’s historic Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision to define the limits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act is a tremendous victory for America’s pork producers. For nearly two decades, NPPC played a lead role in fighting against attempts to expand the federal government’s power over private land. The …