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U.S. Senate Delivers Wins for Pork Producers in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

The Senate passed by a slim margin with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tiebreak its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” It includes many provisions important to pork, among them tax and animal health language.

National Pork Producers Council President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, said, “We appreciate the efforts of Agriculture Chair John Boozman and other Senate leadership to ensure key animal health provisions were included in the bill, along with tax and other measures important to agriculture. Foreign animal diseases (FADs) threaten not only the livelihoods of pork producers but also our food supply chain at large. We thank our congressional leaders for these important steps to help keep our pork supplies safe, secure, and affordable for American families.”

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