This week’s Open Mic guest is Bryan Humphreys, CEO of the National Pork Producers Council. After a two-year delay thanks to the COVID pandemic, hog farmers from across the nation were back in Washington last week on Capitol Hill, meeting with lawmakers on issues facing the pork industry. Humphreys says producers targeted priority issues including herd health and safety, labor woes and a desperate need to forge new trade alliances to build global demand for U.S. pork. Humphreys discusses the group’s new strategic plan and highlights the swine industry’s ongoing efforts to improve production efficiency and sustainability. Humphreys also highlights the group’s challenge to California’s Proposition 12 laws in the U.S. Supreme Court and how pending rules from the SEC could affect hog farmers.