A Proposition 12 fix is included in the House Ag Committee’s version of the new farm bill and the executive director of South Dakota Pork says it addresses a major concern of the pork industry.
Glenn Muller tells Brownfield the pork industry is concerned about a patchwork of state-by-state regulations and a recent summary says the bill is expected to protect producers from having to comply by those regulations.
“We can have the option: they can have the Prop 12 compliance pigs available and the commercial hog market available at the retail space in California.”
The summary, released by Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson on Friday, says the new farm bill clarifies states and local governments cannot impose, directly or indirectly, as a condition for sale or consumption, a condition or standard on the production of covered livestock unless the livestock is physically located within such state or local government.
