By CHRIS COLLINS
(undated) – A projected Massachusetts egg and pork shortage next year may be thwarted. House and Senate lawmakers this week finished work on a conference report on a 2016 state ballot law set to take effect January first. The intent of the law was to increase the amount of square footage available to animals which create food. Farms which don’t comply with the law would have been prevented from selling any eggs or pork products which didn’t adhere to that standard. The committee report, which has been forwarded to Governor Baker, calls for a delay on the implementation of that law to allow farmers more time to prepare for the change.