Items Tagged with 'Prop. 12'

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees announced dueling plans for a new farm bill as the partisan impasse appeared to deepen ahead of the House panel’s planned votes on May 23. House Ag Chairman Glenn Thompson released a broad summary of his planned legislation, and his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow, followed with a much more detailed section-by-section summary of her draft bill.

In this opinion piece, Lori Stevermer, the president of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and a Minnesota pork producer, highlights recent USDA data on the pricing impact of California Proposition 12 on consumers and why Congress needs to act and include a legislative solution in the farm bill.