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Iowa and 21 other pork-production states, including South Dakota, are pushing for an appeal of a federal district court ruling that upheld a 2016 ballot measure in Massachusetts to prohibit the sale of pork, poultry and veal from livestock that were “confined in a cruel manner.”
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird headed an amici curiae, or an informational brief in support of one side of a case, with 21 additional states to voice opposition to laws that impose “unworkable restrictions” on hog producers.
The 2016 measure, known as Question 3, has been challenged multiple times by hog farmers and pork coalitions, most recently by Missouri-based Triumph Foods, with support of a coalition of pork producers, including Iowa, in 2023.
The law is similar to California’s Proposition 12 in that both restrict the sale of meat from pigs, calves raised for veal or egg-laying hens that were raised in a confining manner, “that prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely.”
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges made by pork producers of the California law in May 2023. U.S. District Judge William Young in the District of Massachusetts dismissed most of the most of the claims against the Massachusetts law, leaving only one in question, which he rejected in July 2024.
This final claim argued that the Massachusetts law, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, was preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Young upheld the law and ruled it banned the sale of noncompliant meat and did not directly impact slaughterhouse rules.
The brief filed by Bird and the other states, is in support of Triumph Foods’ appeal to the latest district court decision.
“The Massachusetts pork ban is absolute hogwash,” Bird said in a press release about the brief. “Massachusetts does not get to tell Iowans how to raise their pork.”
The brief opens with a hypothetical of Iowa imposing a trade restriction on shellfish based on the way it was harvested, even though the land-locked state has little knowledge of these processes.
“That is what Massachusetts is doing here—imposing a detrimental and overly burdensome regulatory scheme on the almost entirely out-of-Massachusetts pig farmers and pork processors,” the brief reads.
The brief goes on to say that Q3 will, “deny market access to out-of-state pork farmers and processors,” “harm agricultural states,” and “increase the price of pork for all Americans.”
The opposing states argue that the law violates several inter-state commerce clauses of the Constitution.
The recent brief argues that allowing states to set their own confinement rules creates a patchwork of regulation, which would be costly for pork producers to adhere.
“Farmers in Iowa could invest millions of dollars to remodel their hog farms to comply with Massachusetts’s requirements only to find New York enacting a law imposing larger housing requirements per pig,” the brief said.
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Federal lawmakers have pushed for several years to pass versions of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression, or EATS, act to prohibit individual states and local governments from enacting laws that would impose “a standard or condition on the preharvest production of any agricultural products,” sold across state lines.
The bill was introduced in 2023 by Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, with co-sponsors including Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
The House Agriculture Committee’s website on the 2024 Farm Bill lists a similar “legislative solution” to Proposition 12 and similar state laws.
Congress failed to pass a new Farm Bill before its Sept. 30 expiration, due to disagreements on funding. Lawmakers could pass a new Farm Bill when they return Nov. 12.
Attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, are listed on the recent brief led by Bird.
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VERMILLION – In a thrilling season-opener, South Dakota Women’s Basketball narrowly lost to Saint Louis 85-83 in overtime on Monday night.
The Coyotes trailed by double-digits in the second half, but a furious comeback kept the two teams tight to end the game. Grace Larkins hit a game-tying shot near the end of regulation to send the game to overtime, however, Saint Louis prevailed with a go-ahead basket with 6 seconds left in overtime. It ended up being the difference as USD couldn’t find the game-tying or winning shot.
The offense for both teams stalled to begin the second quarter. Neither team scored for over three minutes until the Billikens broke that streak with a field goal with 6:44 left to go in the first half. The shooting continued for the Coyotes for most of the second quarter, but a few late shots improved the shooting percentage to 23.5 percent.
The overall first-half shooting percentage was worse as the Coyotes finished the half with a 22.6 shooting percentage on 7-for-31 attempts and the Billikens went into the locker room with a 36-25 lead. The 3-point shooting was a huge struggle in the first half with only a 1-for-13 mark from behind the arc. Olivia Kieffer led USD with 10 points at the half.
Out of the half, Saint Louis extended its lead with an immediate 7-0 run to go up 42-25 within the opening two minutes. Despite the early run, USD responded with a 12-2 run to bring the lead back down to single digits at 44-37 with four minutes left in the third quarter. The Coyote comeback continued as the lead continued to shrink and suddenly the lead was down to only three points at 50-47, but Saint Louis held a 52-47 lead at the end of the quarter.
The Coyotes stuck around in the fourth quarter and reduced the Billiken lead to one possession multiple times in the fourth quarter and were only down 60-59 with five minutes left in the game. Just a bit later, USD took a 62-60 lead with four minutes to go.
The two went back and forth in the final four minutes, but it was Saint Louis who held a 70-69 lead with under 30 seconds to go. Kieffer missed a potential go-ahead jumper with 19 seconds to go, but USD was able to get the ball back with 17 seconds left. However, a missed shot led to a Saint Louis free throw on the other end to make it 71-69. But Larkins came up clutch with a game-tying layup right before time expired.
Saint Louis raced out to a 79-73 lead in the overtime period, but USD wouldn’t go away with multiple 3s to make it 81-79 with a minute and a half to go. With 24 seconds left, the Coyotes trailed 83-81. Larkins did here thing once again with a game-tying basket with 18 seconds to go. However, the Billikens scored with six seconds left to make it 85-83 and the Coyotes were unable to find the tying shot.
For USD, Larkins finished the day with a team-high 27 points and also nabbed 13 rebounds for the double-double. Carley Duffney has a big night as well with 18 points and seven rebounds. For Saint Louis, Peyton Kennedy scored a team-high 25 points while Kennedy Calhoun scored 21 points.
USD (0-1) will hit the road to play at Air Force on Friday, Nov. 8, while Saint Louis (1-0) will also be on the road at Drake on Thursday, Nov. 7.
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NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) – A man from South Dakota was identified as the victim who died in a crash in New London on Sunday.
Police said 45-year-old Curtis Barkdull of Sturgis, SD, was on a motorcycle that was involved in a crash with two cars.
It happened in the area of Colman and Vauxhall streets, near the entrance to a shopping center, around 4:45 p.m.
Police said everyone involved appeared to have suffered injuries. Four people in all were transported to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.
The motorcyclist, Barkdull, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
There’s no word on what led up to the crash.
Anyone with information was asked to contact New London detectives at 860-447-1481.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – This week on Matters of the State, we look ahead to Election Day.
South Dakota voters will be deciding on seven ballot measures, along with hundreds of candidates for local, state, and federal office.
Northern State University political science professor Jon Schaff joins us to discuss the ballot measure landscape and what an exodus of Republican lawmakers could mean for the upcoming legislative session.
We also sit down with political analyst Dave Price to break down the home stretch of the race for the White House and which battleground states could actually be in play.
Matters of the State airs Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on KSFY, and 10 a.m. on KOTA.
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