Challenges include California’s Proposition 12, foreign animal diseases, trade worries and chronic labour shortages
The worries about Prop 12 are just one serious issue confronting producers. At the World Pork Expo, farmers and industry people had to juggle concerns about foreign animal diseases such as African swine fever, financial challenges from soaring production costs, trade worries from both Prop 12 and new voluntary country-of-origin labelling rules being developed, chronic labour shortages and a host of other concerns.Tag Archives Prop 12 — page 2
Well-meaning market mayhem threatens barbecue season
It’s going to be harder than ever to know the base price for North American hogs and pork, since pigs and pork sold into and produced in two high-population states won’t reflect the broader market and can’t be included in average prices.
VIDEO: Hog price outlook grim as Prop 12 looms
As of July 2, does North America produce enough Prop 12 compliant pork to feed California's huge population, and what happens to all the pork that gets blocked from the state?
U.S. ruling chills pork industry
“There’s a lot of uncertainty and confusion,” Darcy Fitzgerald, executive director of Alberta Pork, said in an interview.
