I’m a fourth-generation pork producer from McComb, Ohio. My family has been raising pigs since 1874. Today, Stateler Family Farms includes pigs, corn, soybeans and wheat. We’re proud of our family farm, where we prioritize animal care and environmental sustainability and have adapted to meet changing market and regulatory demands.

In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a ballot initiative that bans the sale of pork not produced according to the state’s prescriptive and arbitrary production standards. This law, however, goes well beyond California, affecting pork producers across America, regardless of location, size or animal housing style.

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to leave a Prop. 12 fix up to Congress, other states are preparing to pass similar laws........

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