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May 25, 2021 | 6:20 AM
Left unchallenged, a recent federal district court ruling will result in a 2.5 percent loss in pork packing plant capacity nationwide, and more than $80 million in reduced income for small U.S. hog farmers, according to an analysis by Dr. Dermot Hayes, an economist with Iowa State University. The National Pork Producers Council is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to intervene before the ruling takes effect at the end of next month. The ruling will dramatically reduce hog farmer market power particularly smaller producers located near impacted plants and undermine pork industry competition.
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A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector shows Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue around the processing floor of the Triumph Foods pork processing facility April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Mo. New study finds limiting line speeds will result in 2.5% loss in pork processing capacity and $80 million in income for hog farmers.
Left unchallenged, a recent federal district court ruling limiting line speeds at pork processing plants will result in a 2.5% loss in pork packing plant capacity nationwide, and more than $80 million in reduced income for small U.S. hog farmers, according to an analysis by Dermot Hayes, an economist with Iowa State University. At the start of April, the U.S. District Court of Minnesota issued a decision in United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 663 v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, requiring the new administration to decide how to proceed on the 2019
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