Animal Ag Working To Prevent Activists From Hijacking Livestock
The Senate's new Farm Bill framework gives small, state-inspected meat plants a path to sell online across state lines — something the cattle industry has been chasing for a long time.
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Boozman: We Need Democrats To Support Restriction Of Prop 12
Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman comments on the Farm Bill as criticism mounts over its failure to tackle California's Proposition 12, impacting livestock farming beyond state lines.
Ag Groups Asking Congress to Address Prop 12 in Farm Bill
California's Proposition 12 is stirring up quite the debate. Farmers and lawmaker groups are rallying for some major changes.
Congress To Discuss California's Prop 12
All of Farm Country will be watching D.C. on Wednesday as the House Agriculture Committee holds a hearing on California's Proposition 12.
New Campaign Against Prop 12 Begins
The Center for Environment and Welfare launched a new educational campaign urging Congress to stop the far-reaching consequences of California’s Proposition 12. The Center calls it an “overreaching law” that’s driving up U.S. grocery prices. The “Food...
Senate Measure Would End California's Animal-Welfare Law
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation last week that would strike down California's animal-welfare law created as a result of Proposition 12. The Food Security and Farm Protection Act introduced by Iowa’s senators Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, as well as Roger Marshall from Kansas, would prevent any state or local government from passing laws that interfere with commerce a
Ag Groups Argue Against Prop 12 in Supreme Court
Agriculture groups argued against California's Proposition 12 to the Supreme Court Tuesday. The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council asked the high court to overturn a lower court ruling that threw out their lawsuit against the 2018 California ballot initiative banning pork, veal and eggs from animals not raised by California’s minimum space standards.
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NPPC Welcomes Biden Administration Siding with Farmers on Prop 12
The National Pork Producers Council welcomed a Supreme Court brief filed by the Biden administration in favor of ag groups regarding California’s Proposition 12. The state law seeks to ban the sale of pork from pigs that do not meet the state’s arbitrary production standards, including pork from pigs raised on farms outside of California.
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Feinstein, Padilla, Booker, Stabenow to Secretary Vilsack: Support California Prop 12
Senate Democrats, including the Senate Ag Committee Chair, are urging Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to support California's Proposition 12 before the Supreme Court. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla of California, along with New Jersey's Cory Booker and Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow from Michigan, made the request in a letter to Vilsack
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Supreme Court to Hear NPPC Case Against Prop. 12
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation against California’s Proposition 12. The law bans the sale of pork from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s “arbitrary” production standards.
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