WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scott Hays, a fifth-generation pork producer from Missouri and President of the National Pork Producers Council, testified before the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry as part of its hearing on “A Review of Animal Agriculture Stakeholder Priorities” May 17.
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