The National Pork Producers Council is applauding the recent announcement that the USDA is extending a pilot program that allows processing plants to run at increased line speeds.
Duane Stateler, an Ohio producer and president-elect of NPPC, tells Brownfield…
“I’m glad they got the line speed sort of taken care of temporarily.” He says, “We got a year extension on it so they can do a better study. I think USDA and FSIS has done a good job of putting together a study that will give them good results.
