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Overview During the first half of 2012, U.S. exports of pork and pork products totaled 1,133,550 metric tons (MT) valued at $3.17 billion, an increase of about 5% by volume and 13% by value compared with the same period for 2011. Free Trade Agreements Exports will increase as a result of the implementation of free […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2012 – In a letter sent today to Obama administration trade officials, the National Pork Producers Council expressed its strong objection to re-opening Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) negotiations with Taiwan because of that country’s continued failure to lift a ban on a widely approved dietary additive used in pork […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2012 – As drought conditions become the worst in 50 years and corn yields are expected to drop significantly, a coalition of meat and poultry organizations today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol. In a petition delivered to EPA Administrator […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2012 – Pork producers and the U.S. economy are losing billions of dollars in exports because of non-science-based food-safety and health barriers erected by foreign countries, the National Pork Producers Council today told a House subcommittee. Testifying on behalf of NPPC, Jim Boyer, a hog farmer from Ringsted, Iowa, told the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2012 – In response to a new economic study on the impact of corn ethanol production on food prices and commodity price volatility, a coalition of livestock and poultry groups is urging Congress to reform the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which mandates the amount of ethanol that must be produced […]