House USDA-FDA spending bill delays hog slaughter rule, blocks ERS/NIFA move

• Chuck Abbott

In its passage of the $153 billion USDA-FDA funding bill for fiscal 2020, the House Appropriations Committee included amendments that would delay implementation of a controversial Department of Agriculture hog slaughter rule and block the relocation of ERS and NIFA outside of D.C. The inclusion of those and other amendments were celebrated by consumer and… » Read More