Pork Checkoff Slogan Lawsuit Dismissed
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View ArticleFarm Groups Map Waters to Block Clean Water Act Changes – DTN
Farm groups are using mapping technology in their latest effort to block EPA from finalizing new regulations under the Clean […]
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Lawsuit Update: Pork Producers Fight for “Pork, The Other White Meat”– DTN
The legal battle to protect the trademark slogan “Pork, The Other White Meat” may see movement yet this summer in the court system, a pork industry official said this week
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Pork Producers Voice Need for New Trade Deals – DTN
The nation’s pork producers need more free-trade agreements, particularly with Japan, in order to export some of the pork that will be processed in five new plants that will begin
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Ag Groups Fear Trump Plan to Limit Steel Imports Will Backfire on Trade – DTN
Farm groups are cautioning the Trump administration not to open a “Pandora’s Box” by claiming restrictions on steel and aluminum are needed to protect “national security.” Eighteen agricultural groups...
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U.S. Pork Products Going to Argentina After 25 Year “Ban”– DTN
The White House announced Thursday that Argentina has agreed to accept U.S. pork products for the first time since 1992. The announcement comes after a meeting between U.S. Vice President
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Court Rules on Payments for Pork Checkoff Campaign, USDA Loses – DTN
A federal judge’s ruling blocks the National Pork Board from paying $3 million annually to the National Pork Producers Council for trademarks such as “Pork. The Other White Meat.” The […]
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Trump Tariffs: Farmers Have Most to Lose Say U.S. Farm Groups – DTN
President Donald Trump late Thursday imposed tariffs on $60 billion in Chinese goods on the grounds that China had treated U.S. companies unfairly by coercing them into surrendering trade secrets […]
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EPA’s Emphasis on Compliance Over Enforcement – DTN
A year into his second stint as EPA’s Region 7 administrator, Jim Gulliford said he remains committed to compliance over enforcement in working with agriculture and other industries in the […]
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North Carolina: $50Mln Judgment Against Hog Farmer is Appealed – DTN
National and state agriculture interest groups asked a federal appeals court to overturn a $50 million nuisance judgement against a hog farm in North Carolina, in a brief filed on […]
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North Carolina Hog Farmer Named NPPC President
David Herring of Lillington was elevated to president of the National Pork Producers Council at the organization’s annual meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held March 7-8 in […]
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World Pork Expo CANCELED – African Swine Fever Fears – DTN
As African swine fever continues to spread across the world — most recently showing up in South Africa — the National Pork Producers Council on Wednesday took the rare step […]
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Livestock: Pork Group Wants Gene-Editing Moved to USDA Oversight – DTN
Arguing against regulations classifying livestock as drugs, the National Pork Producers Council wants the Food and Drug Administration to yield regulatory oversight to USDA for gene-edited animals...
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More Trade Tariffs: Raising the Stakes – DTN
A year since the U.S. and China began a tit-for-tat of tariffs, talks and tweets, American farmers are seeing more diversified export routes while waiting for their largest customer to […]
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Trump Raises the Stakes on China with Additional Tariff – DTN
The U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods because China has not moved to buy large amounts of agricultural goods, President Donald Trump tweeted […]
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Ag Groups Push Back On California’s Pork Production Requirements
Two agriculture groups last week filed a legal challenge to a California law that requires hog producers to abide by certain regulations in order to sell pork in California. The […]
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Livestock: Ag Groups Make Case v. Proposition 12 – DTN
All sides in a legal challenge to California’s Proposition 12 laid out their cases during oral arguments in a federal court on Wednesday. Agriculture groups have argued the state’s law […]
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Smithfield Foods Sued on COVID-19 Claims – DTN
Smithfield Foods, Inc., misled consumers about the state of the meat-supply chain and packing-plant worker safety during COVID-19, a new federal lawsuit alleges, saying the company’s public-relations...
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Livestock: Ag Groups Appeal to SCOTUS on Prop 12 – DTN
The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to consider their challenge to California’s Proposition 12, which would ban the sale […]
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Ag Groups Fear Trump Plan to Limit Steel Imports Will Backfire on Trade – DTN
Farm groups are cautioning the Trump administration not to open a “Pandora’s Box” by claiming restrictions on steel and aluminum are needed to protect “national security.” Eighteen agricultural groups...
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