U.S: Legislation to ensure state autonomy over agricultural practices introduced

USDA has lowered its third-quarter pork production forecast due to expected lower average dressed weights.

The USDA report "Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness" sheds light on the United States swine industry.

The legislation specifies that the term "meat" does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product and that these products must be clearly labelled as such.

As of June 1, there were 72.4 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms.

The National Retail Benchmarking study aims to improve the position of pork in the market by focusing on the quality and consistency of pork, as well as various meat case metrics.

A Bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group has been formed to focus on the workforce issues faced by the nation's agricultural producers.

A letter urges Congress to reintroduce the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act to prevent states from impeding interstate agricultural trade.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has published FAQs and a Sow Housing Guide.

California’s Proposition 12 bans the sale of pork in the state from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s production standards.

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments presented by the NPPC challenging the constitutionality of California Proposition 12.

The National Pork Producers Council argues that Proposition 12 violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause.

Prop 12 will not go into force until the state finalizes regulations.