Julie Anna Potts

Farm Groups Welcome Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act
Farm Groups Welcome Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act
Farm Groups Welcome Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives sent the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to President Biden for signature. Agriculture groups responded positively, heralding the legislation that improves the oversight of ocean shipping. Supporters of the legislation say the bill will address many maritime disruptions obstructing the import and export of U ...
NAMI: House Report Distorts Meatpacker Efforts to Fight COVID
NAMI: House Report Distorts Meatpacker Efforts to Fight COVID
NAMI: House Report Distorts Meatpacker Efforts to Fight COVID
The North American Meat Institute says the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis’ recent report distorts the truth about the meat and poultry industry’s efforts to protect workers from COVID. The report says meatpackers worked with the Trump administration to make sure they could stay open during the pandemic. "Th ...
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with farmers and ranchers at the White House Monday to announce a meat supply chain action plan. The plan includes four core strategies for creating what the Administration calls a more competitive, fair, resilient meat and poultry sector, with better earnings for producers and more choices and affordable prices for consumers ... Read M
Report: Government Interference In Cattle Markets Has Consequences
Report: Government Interference In Cattle Markets Has Consequences
Report: Government Interference In Cattle Markets Has Consequences
Texas A&M University has completed a comprehensive report on the U.S. cattle and beef markets in response to a bipartisan request from the House Agriculture Committee. Among its key findings is that proposals increasing government intervention and mandates will cost livestock producers billions of dollars. ...
Meat Institute: Scapegoating Industry Does Not Help Consumer
Meat Institute: Scapegoating Industry Does Not Help Consumer
Meat Institute: Scapegoating Industry Does Not Help Consumer
The North American Meat Institute this week claimed the Secretary of Agriculture’s transparent attempts to scapegoat the meat and poultry industry to shift blame for inflationary prices will not help consumers. NAMI President and CEO Julie Anna Potts said, “Americans are experiencing firsthand what the Secretary refuses to acknowledge, the effects of COVID and lack of labor are hurting consumers,
Animal Ag Organizations Launch Protein PACT
Animal Ag Organizations Launch Protein PACT
Animal Ag Organizations Launch Protein PACT
Earlier this week, U.S. animal agriculture groups announced the Protein PACT. The coalition is the first joint initiative designed to accelerate momentum and verify progress toward global sustainable development goals across the animal protein sector ...
Meat Institute Opposes Government Intervention in Meat Markets
Meat Institute Opposes Government Intervention in Meat Markets
Meat Institute Opposes Government Intervention in Meat Markets
The North American Meat Institute has voiced its opposition to recent action intended to make changes to the Packers and Stockyards Act. In a statement, the organization said, President Biden's executive order calling for the Department of Agriculture to change the Packers and Stockyards rules will have unintended consequences for consumers and producers ...
20 States Support NAMI Against Prop 12
20 States Support NAMI Against Prop 12
20 States Support NAMI Against Prop 12
A total of 20 states filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the North American Meat Institute’s petition challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12. “The governments of nearly half the states agree that if California is allowed to apply its laws of conduct in other states, a single state will dictate policies in all others,” says Meat Institute President and CEO Juli

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