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According to Christine McCracken, Senior Analyst for Animal Protein at Rabobank, California Proposition #12 has the potential to disrupt the pork supply chain.  It is estimated that less than five percent of U.S. housing conforms to the standard established under Proposition #12.  This will inevitably result in a shortage of pork for California, obviously benefiting the broiler industry.

Following the passage of Proposition #2 in 2008, followed by extensive adverse publicity of gestation crates for sows, much of the industry transitioned to group-housing of pregnant sows, eventually overcoming technical and management problems.

The Rabobank report encourages producers to proactively cooperate with packer-processors and customers to establish animal welfare and sustainability standards that are economically viable and practical to implement.