Prop 12
In a major legislative milestone, the House-passed H.R. 7567 offers a roadmap for the next five years of American agriculture.
California’s Proposition 12 has devastated family farms, fueled market consolidation and increased food costs. Legislators brought forward The Food Security and Farm Protection Act to protect farmers and consumers from “burdensome government overreach.”
During her confirmation hearing, she emphasized her dedication to agriculture and addressed her stance on ethanol, the Renewable Fuel Standard, tariff impact aid for farmers and Prop 12.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s new humane-pork law, rejecting an industry challenge in a ruling strengthening the power of states to impose rules that have a broad economic impact on other states.
The Supreme Court has denied a petition to review California’s Proposition 12, which requires the sale of meat products in California to conform with the state’s animal housing standards.
NPPC’s Michael Formica predicts Proposition 12 repercussions will be seen in California as early as this morning.
The Supreme Court of the United States announced on March 28 that it will take up the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation’s challenge to California’s Proposition 12.
“If California were to win this Supreme Court case, there’s nothing stopping the state from saying, for example, you can only sell corn in California if it’s harvested with an electric combine,” says Dillard.