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Swine Educators Update October 2013 Pat McGonegle, V.P. Resource Development
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Issues Update Legislative & Regulatory Trade Policy Protecting Your Livlihood/Other
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Legislative & Regulatory What to Watch –Short Calendar in Sept. & Oct. –CR & Debt Ceiling Tops Agenda –Farm Bill Could Get Rolled into Other Legislation – Shutdown Inspection Continues Price Reporting Ceases
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2012 2013 Farm Bill? 4
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Legislative & Regulatory Farm Bill –Senate Passed in June –House Failed in June SNAP was the “Issue” –House Passed in July –Conference Committee –Timeline Murky Late 2013 Extension Unlikely
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Legislative & Regulatory Farm Bill: Key Issues –SNAP: Senate $4B Cuts vs. House $39B Cuts –Senate Revenue Assurance vs. House Target Price Plan –Dairy Supply Management Provision –CRP Max Acres from 32M to 25M
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Legislative & Regulatory Farm Bill: Pork Issues –Keep Egg Amendment Out –MCOOL Repeal or Fix –Catastrophic Event Program Study –Pass King Interstate Commerce Amendment
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Legislative & Regulatory Comprehensive Tax Reform –House Ways & Discussion Draft Released Eliminates special (cash accounting) exemptions for farms $10M or more, must convert to accrual accounting –NPPC sent producers & sent letters –Working with a joint Ag Coalition –Sitting in the House and Senate has not discussed
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Legislative & Regulatory EPA & CAFO Database Release CAFO Rule - No new rule until 2018 Trucking Regulations – delayed Immigration Reform RFS Reform
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Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partner. (TTIP) European Union (EU) and United States Negotiations started in July, next round in October NPPC leading the lobbying effort & SPS effort Long way to go
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Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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Trade Policy China Russia Taiwan
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A Comprehensive Approach Producer Accountability Protecting Freedom To Operate Marketplace Engagement Exposing The Activist Agenda We Care Principles Practices Proof Chain Outreach Legislation Regulation Communica tion Humane Watch Protect the Harvest NPPC
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Protecting Your Livelihood Exposing the activists –HumaneWatch and Protect the Harvest –Shareholder Outreach 23 companies 7 Retail, 12 foodservice and 4 financial Spoke at 9 shareholder meetings
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Protecting Your Livelihood Retail – Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Safeway, Supervalu, Ahold & Delahaize Foodservice – McDonald’s, BK, Wendy’s, Brinker, Darden, Chipotle, Yum, Dominos, Sonic, Panera, Sysco & Dine Equity Financial – Ameriprise, JP Morgan, Black Rock & Prudential
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Protecting Your Livelihood Exposing the activists cont’d –State legislatures New Jersey – Won – Veto New Hampshire - Won New York – Won Connecticut – Won Massachusetts – Fighting Vermont – Won
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Protecting Your Livelihood Marketplace engagement –Joint effort NPB & NPPC –35 largest retail and foodservice companies –Share information about production practices and build a realtionship
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Lois Britt Memorial Scholarship Four $2,500 Scholarship Undergraduate in two-year of four-year college of agriculture
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Questions
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Trade Policy TTIP (U.S. & E.U) Agreement TPP Agreement China & Russia
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Legislative/Regulatory ADUFA Trucking Regulations delayed FSIS Inspection Farm Bill No HSUS/UEP Egg amendment Catastrophic event study Conference Committee
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Two Tiered Pricing Costco Safeway Sysco
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Aggressively On the Road Mar. 5: Publix Mar. 19: Target Mar. 20: Sodexo Mar. 25: Sam’s Club Mar. 26: Walmart Apr. 5: Sysco Apr. 8: Bloomin’ Brands Apr. 9: Costco Apr. 16: Safeway Apr. 19: Kroger Apr. 21-24: Restaurant Leadership Conference May 14: Compass May 16-20: Supply Chain Summit, Breakfast Meeting, NRA Show May 27: H-E-B May 30: Oscar Mayer June 3: Dine Equity June 4: Aramark June 5-6: American Pizza Community Jun. 11-13: CIA Menus of Change June 14: Sonic June 25: Subway July 8: Walmart/Sam’s Club July 11: Meijer Aug. 14 -16: FMI Sustainability Summit
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The Topics Sow Housing Antibiotics Beta-agonists Euthanasia Pain management –Tail docking –Castration 25
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What are We Hearing Thank you Mixed signals from suppliers –No Problem Supply Chain Availability Sustainability Antibiotics –Ractopamine Who is telling Pork’s Story What’s Next?
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