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3 hours ago in Agriculture Photo: WNAX
Pork producers from around the country will be weighing in virtually this week with the National Pork Producers Council’s Spring Legislative Action conference. Nebraska Pork Producer Association President Shana Beattie says one of her group’s major concerns is the need to address the shortage of ag labor and the need for more year round workers.
She says another major issue for Nebraska’s Pork producers is making sure there are proper protections in place to deal with foreign animal diseases.
Beattie says trade is another concern and while there have been some recent victories with lowering of tariffs in the Philippines, there’s also potential for trade with Vietnam but the need to remove some tariff barriers there.
2 hours ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX
The States of South and North Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa along with 16 others have filed a friend of the court brief supporting ag group’s challenges of California’s Proposition 12. That measure limits animal housing and dictates stringent rules on that that would impact other states if upheld. Nebraska Pork Producer’s Association’s Executive Director Al Juhnke says California has a right to pass a law regulating their state’s producers but not producers outside their borders.
He says the State Attorneys General battling Proposition 12 think California is violating the Commerce Clause of the US. Constitution. Juhnke also says that pork producers outside California are treating their animals properly and past court rulings have held up their practices.
4 months ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX
The U.S. pork and dairy industries are supporting President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Katherine Tai as the next U.S. Trade Representative. Trade is critical to the pork industry and Nebraska Pork Producer Association Executive Director Al Juhnke says if confirmed, Tai would bring great experience to the job.
He says one of the positives Tai has is her background dealing with China.
Juhnke is hoping the Biden administration looks at expanding trade by not just seeking bilateral pacts but also working on multilateral deals.
From 2007 to 2014 Tai worked at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office where she successfully prosecuted several cases on Chinese trade practices at the World Trade Organization.