Pork producers wait on court decision

The loss of a substantial market for Iowa pork has farmers across the state on edge as the United States Supreme Court turned its attention Friday to whether to take up a challenge to legislation that could rob swine producers of a lucrative market.

California, which accounts for 15 percent of the country’s pork production, has legislation, Proposition 12, that took effect Jan. 1 requiring that pork sold in that sold be raised under strict guidelines.