American pork producers say there is still a path to a federal fix for California's Proposition 12, even though the issue was left out of the Senate Agriculture Committee's version of the 2026 farm bill, according to a NAFB News Service report carried by Michigan Ag Today.
The California law sets housing requirements for breeding pigs, and producers worry it opens the way to different production standards from state to state. The Senate committee advanced its farm bill earlier this month by 12 votes to 11 without language on Proposition 12, while the House version does include a provision addressing it, the industry says.
"We'd like to see those merge and be done in conference, and hopefully we got the fix," said National Pork Producers Council president Rob Brenneman, adding that the industry was disappointed the fix did not come out of the Senate. "We're sitting there with the true fix in the Farm Bill on the House side," he said.
That means the issue could come up again when the full Senate takes up the legislation, or later when House and Senate negotiators reconcile the two bills. Brenneman said a solution remains a top priority as Congress works towards a new five-year farm bill.
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Source: Michigan Ag Today
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