Prop 12 Reversal is Not Likely to be in Farm Bill

Arkansas Senator John Boozman, Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee, traveled to Indiana Monday with Senators Mike Braun and Todd Young to hear from producers and talk about the upcoming Farm Bill.

Crop insurance and labor issues were two consistent themes throughout the day, as was the Supreme Court’s ruling on California’s Prop 12.

“As we've looked at converting our individual sow stalls to group housing, the numbers that we've seen are going to be somewhere in between $3,000 to $4,000 per sow to retrofit our facilities.”

American pork producers are hopeful that a legislative fix can happen that could overturn Prop 12. Some were hopeful that legislative fix could happen in the Farm Bill. Both Braun and Boozman dashed any hopes of that happening Monday.