Pork producers are voicing support for the Save Our Bacon Act, which would ban states from having a say in how other states produce their livestock.
It was filed just after a House Ag Committee hearing on Prop-12.
Holly Cook with the National Pork Producers Council spoke with RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender about last week’s testimony, the goal of the act, and how this will help producers.
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