“USDA’s inaction amplifies the economic uncertainty facing hog farmers at a time when profitability for farrow-to-finish hog operations is already at its worst level in more than two decades,” the committee said.
As the intended date for the EPA to publish its proposed new wastewater regulations nears, meat industry stakeholders and legislators continue to press the agency to consider small processors in its rule.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s
GreenChill program exists to unite supermarket retailers and manufacturers as they work toward reducing refrigerant emissions and decreasing their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.