Adjusting the assessment 💵

The USDA National Pork Producers Delegate Body is proposing to decrease the current Pork Checkoff assessment rate of 40 cents per $100 of the market value of all pigs sold in the U.S. to 35 cents. 

• The idea is to also decrease assessments on imported pork and pork products to make sure imported and domestic products receive equal treatment.

The proposition reflects the Delegate Body's desire to adjust the assessment for producers, which is annually established by a formula based on U.S. market prices for hogs.