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Exclusive: How Big Pork takes money from small farmers
ScienceHog farming and industry lobbying
Russ Kremer, a hog farmer in the Missouri Ozarks, raises his 2,000 pigs on 150 acres with space to roam and without antibiotics or cages.
Kremer, who is anti-industrial hog farming, is required to give a share of his sales to the National Pork Board, which may use the funds to lobby against small farmers like him.
- Russ Kremer is a longtime hog farmer in the Missouri Ozarks, where his 2,000 pigs have plenty of space to roam on his 150 acres.
- He doesn’t feed them antibiotics, and you won’t find a single animal in a cage.
- Its job is to promote pork to consumers, and it’s the group behind the once ubiquitous slogan “Pork.
Key Takeaways
- US hog farmers are required to pay 35 cents for every $100 of sales to the National Pork Board.
- The National Pork Board may use these funds to lobby against small farmers.
- Russ Kremer is a hog farmer who raises his pigs without antibiotics or cages.
- Kremer is anti-industrial hog farming.
- The National Pork Board's actions may impact small farmers like Kremer.
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Expected Outcomes
- Potential impact on small farmers and the pork industry
Why It Matters
The use of funds by the National Pork Board may influence the future of hog farming and the livelihoods of small farmers
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Timeline of this story
- Sep 9Vox: Inside the pork industry’s $66 million piggy bank.
- Sep 9Vox: Exclusive: How Big Pork takes money from small farmers — then uses it to lobby against them.
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