The Farm Bill would pose threats to farmed animals, wildlife, and the climate but managed to recently pass in the House.

 

We still have the opportunity to change The Farm Bill  (H.R. 7567, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026) because it must still pass in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry and then by the entire Senate.

 

Two of the greatest harms to animals in this Farm Bill are discussed below:

 

 

Section 12006 of the Farm Bill, which is nearly identical to that of the Save Our Bacon Act, would prevent states from forbidding the sale of meat derived from farmed animals confined in cruel conditions.

 

Section 12006 is in direct response California's Prop 12, which prohibited cruel confinement of farmed animals, and would have allowed other states to pass similar laws that ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12 (Prop. 12) to require better confinement standards for certain farmed animals. Prop. 12 amended the California Health and Safety Code to prohibit the sale of meat from a "calf raised for veal, breeding pig, or egg-laying hen" . . . confined in a cruel manner." Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25990; Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25991(f). The law defines cruel confinement as that which prevents the animal from "lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely at any time" Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25991(e)(1).

 

In 2025, Rep. Ashley Hinson introduced the Save Our Bacon Act, H.R. 4673, seeking to prohibit any state from requiring out-of-state meat producers to ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

In another attempt to pass the bill, in 2026, Rep. Glenn Thompson introduced the new Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, H.R. 7567, which included Section 12006, containing nearly identical language as the Save Our Bacon Act: he effectively embedded the Save Our Bacon Act within the Farm Bill. Section 12006 of the Farm Bill would also prohibit any state from requiring out-of-state meat producers to ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

 

Rep. Gosar has it out for wolves. He is the lead sponsor of the deceptively named, "Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025," H.R. 4255. Despite its name, this bill would hurt Mexican Gray Wolves by providing that "the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) [must be] removed from the lists of threatened species and endangered species, . . . of the Endangered Species Act of 1973." The Mexican Gray Wolf is currently listed as endangered. If removed from this list, the Mexican Gray Wolf would not be protected by the Endangered Species Act anymore.  

 

Now, Rep. Gosar has included an amendment to the Farm Bill targeting wolves. Gosar's amendment would loosen the requirements to prove wolf depredation, which refers to wolves killing farmed animals.

 

The government gives money to farm owners who prove a wolf killed their farmed animals. The government may also, if there is enough wolf depredation, decide to just kill nearby wolf populations.

 

Making it easier to confirm wolves as the culprit of farmed animal deaths, would allow the government to justify livestock management action, including killing wolf populations. The scientific standards to prove a wolf killed wildlife should remain intact. Rep. Gosar's amendment would effectively eradicate these standards.

 

You can help! Use the contact form below to urge your Senator to remove Section 12006 and Rep. Gosar's Amendment from the Farm Bill.