Entries by Minnesota Pork Producers Association

House Adopts New Rules

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By Sarah Lemagie – Session Daily The House has adopted new rules for floor debate, including a controversial change to the way that legislators can offer amendments to bills. In a 69-59 vote early Tuesday morning, the House approved new Permanent Rules, which guide bill movement and floor debate. The vote followed a contentious, 9.5-hour […]

Pork Farmers Named ‘Faces of Farming’

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2013 – The National Pork Producers Council congratulated two pork farmers who yesterday were named Faces of Farming and Ranching national spokespeople by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. Chris Chinn, from Clarence, Mo., and Bo Stone, from Rowland, N.C., earned two of the four spots in a nationwide competition conducted […]

NPPC Praises Final Animal Traceability Rule

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 21, 2012 – Calling it vital to the U.S. pork industry’s ability to more quickly control and eradicate foreign animal diseases and keep export markets open, the National Pork Producers Council today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing a final rule to implement a national animal identification system. “An effective […]

EPA Denies Ethanol Mandate Waiver Requests

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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 16, 2012 – A coalition of livestock, poultry and dairy organizations today expressed extreme disappointment with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s denial in the wake of the worst drought in more than half a century of requests that it waive a federal law that requires corn to be turned into ethanol for […]