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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 31, 2025
Commenters on USDA’s latest attempt to promote fair and competitive livestock and poultry markets expressed widely divergent views on the proposal’s legality and provided a preview of the litigation to come if the rule is finalized.
Some House Republicans say they hope the farmer fly-ins this week will spur action on a farm bill, although there’s no sign of a breakthrough between the House and Senate, and time is fast running out.
Dozens of groups representing agribusiness and other major business sectors are endorsing a congressional effort to overturn new National Environmental Policy Act regulations.
The pork industry is awaiting action by USDA ahead of Nov. 30 on whether processing plants can move to the faster line speeds that a few facilities have been allowed to use in a time-limited trial.
The Biden administration has made it clear it won't use the 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity to negotiate lower tariffs on American ag exports, but U.S. officials insist there are plenty of non-tariff trade barriers to be resolved, and U.S. farm groups’ hopes are high as talks continue this week in San Francisco during a seventh round of negotiations.
The Supreme Court’s decision to allow California’s animal housing law to remain in place caused a furor in the pork industry and among farm-state lawmakers, who vowed to introduce legislation to overturn the ruling. But the ruling's impact also may be felt in the 25 other states that allow voters to craft laws through ballot initiatives.
Leaders of the National Pork Producers Council expressed disappointment Friday with the Supreme Court’s narrow decision rejecting their arguments that California’s animal housing law unconstitutionally regulates the way hog farmers handle sows.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has extended until Nov. 30 the trial period for a study on the impact line speeds have on workers at swine processing facilities.
Animal agriculture groups and USDA are concerned that EPA-proposed restrictions on rodenticides will increase costs for producers but not provide effective control of rats, mice, moles and other vermin.
