Governor Jim Pillen has joined other Republican governors in urging congressional leaders to support the reintroduction of the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act.
Governor Pillen and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds are leading the coalition, representing over 50% of the country’s pork production, in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of California’s Proposition 12.
Proposition 12 requires pigs sold in California to have at least 24 square feet of usable floor space per pig and enough space to turn around. Proposition 12 also has regulations for chickens and cows.
In the letter sent to Congress, the coalition of states writes, “Proposition 12 threatens to disrupt the very system Californians depend on for their pork supply. Its strict, activist-drafted requirements for pig farming sharply depart from the practices which are lawful in our States.”
