MAHA Report Recommends Whole Milk Consumption; Supreme Court to Review Trump Administration Tariffs in November

After months of speculation about what it would either endorse or criticize, the Trump Administration this week released the recommendations of its “Make America Healthy Again” strategy. The report is great news for the dairy community in its support of whole milk, while it toned down earlier criticisms of some crop production inputs. As we noted in our statement, the MAHA report echoes NMPF’s long-standing advocacy for getting whole milk back into schools and boosting real dairy foods in diets to help meet America’s nutritional needs, especially those of children.

Perhaps more surprisingly, the report pulled back from earlier expectations that it would call for restrictions on processed foods, pesticides like glyphosate, or other elements like added sugars that are often blamed for Americans’ health problems. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. said that next steps will include inter-agency cooperation across the government to provide more assistance to farmers to support soil health, unleash innovation, and remove the barriers that hamper small farms.

Supreme Court to Review Trump Administration Tariffs in November

As the tariff policy of the U.S. continues to evolve, the Supreme Court said this week that it will hear arguments this fall concerning the legality of the approach the Trump Administration has taken this year in raising import tariffs. Oral arguments are set for the first week of November in two related cases, with a ruling expected soon afterwards.

Both cases under review challenge President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on countries around the world. Last month, a federal appeals court upheld a May Court of International Trade decision finding that Trump overstepped his authority in enacting tariffs on all countries. The federal appellate court ruled that such measures are to be allowed only in “unusual or extraordinary” circumstances that threaten national security. The Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case allows the Trump Administration to continue collecting the tariffs until the justices rule – possibly before the end of this year.