NPPC thanks Chairman Boozman for preserving animal health priorities in Reconciliation Bill

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, released the following statement on the inclusion of NPPC’s animal health priorities in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation package.

“America’s 60,000+ pork producers thank Chairman Boozman for fighting to include vital animal health legislation in the reconciliation legislation. During these times of wild uncertainty, we strongly urge the Senate to keep these provisions in the final bill.”

Specifically, the bill preserves necessary resources to protect the nation’s food supply through foreign animal disease (FAD) prevention, including the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank, the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, and the National Veterinary Stockpile.

NPPC will continue to keep pressure on Congress to pass a five-year farm bill, which includes a fix to California Proposition 12.