A California economist is concerned about the price and availability of pork in his state once Proposition 12 is implemented next year, reportsBrownfield Ag News.
Lon Hatamiya is a private consultant and a former Secretary of Technology, Trade, and Commerce in California.He analyzed a university report从格林博士Tonsor从堪萨斯州和杰森Lusk from Purdue. Hatamiya says he agrees with their assessment that Proposition 12 will result in greater consumer prices and lower pork demand.
Prices are expected to jump on January 1, 2022, when most U.S. produced pork will be illegal to sell in California unless producers shipping to California comply with the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative also called Proposition 12