Competition in Congress over the EATS Act is unusual because it’s being played for keeps. Usually, concerns about relationships and the near certainty that a current opponent will be an ally next time mean such
Continue Reading The skin may come off on more than a baseball in this no holds battle in Congress
The soon-to-expire Farm Bill is now at risk from an agriculture civil war that has broken out over the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. While Congress remains on its summer recess, the battle over
Continue Reading EATS Act brings delay and risk to new $1.5 trillion Farm Bill
The EATS Act, to stop California from regulating America’s farms and ranches by protecting states’ authority to regulate agriculture within their borders, is turning into a significant dustup that is not waiting for the congressional
Continue Reading Recess dust-up may turn into fall’s Battle Royal as pork-producing states want California out of their business
When the conservative U.S. Supreme Court said California could put whatever restrictions it wanted on selling meat, it left rural producer states scratching their heads.
The Court’s state’s rights philosophy upheld the animal housing requirements
Continue Reading A new study says EATS Act could do a lot of damage, including to food safety
Prop 12, passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 2018, is currently on track to become fully effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 ruling last May, upheld Prop 12. In
Continue Reading New Farm Bill is not likely to stop California’s victorious Prop 12
California’s market for bacon and other pork products is large enough that a May 11 Supreme Court decision apparently has not ended the fight over Proposition 12. The conservative tilt to that decision was that
Continue Reading EATS Act could take a bite out of Prop 12