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The Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council's silence on the Proposition 12 situation in California is frustrating for smaller pork operations, whose livelihoods could be threatened.
Hog farm growth in the area has leveled off and markets are depressed, but producers and industry experts are still optimistic about the swine industry.
A Congressional proposal to bar states from regulating agricultural products produced or manufactured in other states has divided governors and state agriculture officials.
How to balance the economic ability to produce and at the same time meet consumer demands for traceability, reducing the carbon footprint and perceived animal comfort is a challenge.
President and CEO at Competitive Markets Action and Secretary for the Organization for Competitive Markets, Marty Irby