…stand toe to toe with NCBA, NPPC and the other industrial agriculture political voices.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. from Family Farm Action Family Farm Action…
Vaccine Bank Needed To Protect Food, National Security
…pork industry,” said NPPC President-elect Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio, and chairman of NPPC’s Farm Bill Policy Task Force. “The next Farm Bill must establish and fully…
Veterinarians: Establish Offshore FMD Vaccine Bank
…risk of accidental release of the virus if it were stored in the United States. Read the paper at http://nppc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FMD-Vaccine-Bank.pdf. NPPC is asking Congress to include in the next Farm…
Groups Applaud EPA Proposed Rule To Repeal WOTUS
…covered lands adjacent to such waters. “This is great news for America’s pork producers,” said NPPC President Ken Maschhoff, a pork producer from Carlyle, Ill. “The WOTUS rule was a…
NPPC, Ports Coalition, Applaud Early West Coast Port Contract Talks
…without interruption, according to NPPC. PMA provided ILWU with a three-year contract extension offer April 28th. ILWU voted to send the contract extension proposal to members for a vote, scheduled…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…19. (NPPC in late March submitted comments in opposition to the broader Farmer Fair Practices Rules.) The interim final rule would broaden the scope of the Packers and Stockyards Act…
NPPC White Paper Details Benefits Of NAFTA
…has with Mexico, NPPC’s paper highlights two key facts: When NAFTA took effect Jan. 1, 1994, trade between the United States and Mexico was only $50 billion each way. Last…
NAFTA Modernization Must Not Disrupt Pork Exports
…a new agreement. NPPC committed to work with the administration to preserve tariff-free market access for U.S. pork exports to Canada and Mexico, which last year were almost $799 million…
NPPC President Ken Maschhoff on USDA Establishing an Undersecretary for Trade
NPPC is very pleased that Secretary Perdue is establishing within USDA an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a position that we and others in agriculture fought to get…
USDA Seeking to Advance Modernized Pork Slaughter
…of the federal inspection process, and allow for the rapid adoption of new food safety technologies in pork slaughter. NPPC says it also has the potential to increase U.S. hog…
Grassley Bill Would Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
…on ownership of livestock. NPPC President Ken Maschhoff (mash-off), says “NPPC is opposed to any government mandate that would restrict producers’ ability to sell and packers’ ability to buy livestock.”…
Livestock Groups, Roberts, Praise GIPSA Rule Delay
…to consolidation of the livestock industry, putting farmers out of business and increase consumer prices for meat.” NPPC, along with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and others, is calling on…
Pork Producers Applaud White House Action on GIPSA Rule
…which will show the devastating effects this rule would have on America’s pork producers,” said NPPC President Ken Maschhoff, a pork producer from Carlyle, Ill. “The regulation likely would restrict…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
A coalition of more than 30 agriculture groups is pressing Congress to repeal the estate tax. A letter sent to the House Ways and Means Committee asked that any tax…