(NAFB.com) – Duane Stateler, president of the National Pork Producers Council, reacted positively to the introduction of the Food Security and Farm Production Act into the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Roger Marshall (R-KS), would avert a disastrous patchwork of contradictory state-by-state farm regulations that would hit small and medium-sized pork producers the hardest. “We sincerely thank the senators for standing up for the American pork producer, especially during these times of uncertainty,” Stateler said. “U.S. pork producers have just suffered the worst 18 months of financial losses in history, and many farm families are contemplating whether they’ll get to pass their farm along to the next generation.” Bipartisan support for relief is growing. Without the certainty the Act would provide, sponsors say there will be a significant chance of increased prices at the grocery store, as much as 41 percent for certain pork products.