Big Ag's Dirty Little Secret: How Pork Lobbying Hijacks Small Farmers' Money The National Pork Board collects money from every pig sold in the US, which it then funnels to the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), a powerful lobbying group that advocates for factory farm style hog production.
Critics argue that this arrangement allows industrial producers to exploit small farmers who are forced to contribute to the system.
The NPPC has spent nearly $45 million on federal lobbying over the last 20 years, including efforts to roll back policies that benefit smaller farms like those of Russ Kremer, a former president of the Missouri Farmers Union.