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IDFA and Dairy.com to host DairyTech Conference in 2022

October 28, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

IDFA and Dairy.com are partnering to host a brand new conference, DairyTech, May 18-19, 2022, to bring the dairy industry together to form new connections and showcase innovative solutions. This two-day conference will offer a [Read More …]

Leadership Coaching as Leadership Development

October 12, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

IDFA’s People Strategy Webinar Series returns this October with a discussion on effective and impactful coaching conversations with team members. Join IDFA and the experts at Egon Zehnder for “Leadership Coaching as Leadership Development,” [Read More …]

Dairy Doing Well with Consumers, Export Markets

October 11, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

In the face of negative reports about traditional dairy, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has released statistics showing growth of dairy products amount U.S. domestic consumers as well as export markets. IDFA represents [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Consumption Beats Expectations in 2020 and Continues to Surge Upward Despite Disruption Caused by Pandemic

October 5, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their annual per-capita dairy consumption data today and the story, despite major shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, remains America’s growing love for dairy products of all shapes [Read More …]

Webinar Series: Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling

September 27, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

October 20-21, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern IDFA’s popular “Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling” is back this fall with the most up-to-date, essential information you need to produce compliant and effective labels for your products. This [Read More …]

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on Nomination of Elaine Trevino as USTR Chief Agriculture Negotiator

September 17, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement today on the Biden-Harris Administration’s nomination of Elaine Trevino to serve as the chief agriculture negotiator in the Office [Read More …]

IDFA and Dairy Companies Applaud USDA’s New Dairy Donation Program Aimed at Addressing Hunger, Food Waste

August 27, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and several IDFA members today offered their support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new $400 million Dairy Donation Program (DDP). The Department today released an interim final [Read More …]

IDFA Opens Nominations for Annual Industry Awards

August 24, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Nominations now open for IDFA Laureate, Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year, and Food Safety Leadership The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is seeking nominations for three top awards presented annually to leaders in [Read More …]

Cyber Threats in the Dairy Sector

August 19, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

September 28, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Cybercrime incidents like denial of service, ransomware, and data and intellectual property theft occur every day and pose a growing corporate risk to dairy businesses. In the [Read More …]

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on USDA Update to the SNAP Thrifty Food Plan

August 18, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

“The International Dairy Foods Association is pleased to see the important changes announced today by USDA to the Thrifty Food Plan, which will increase the average SNAP benefit by $36.24 per person, per month, or [Read More …]

IDFA Recognizes 34 Dairy Companies with Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award

August 11, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today recognizes 34 dairy companies for their outstanding achievements in worker safety in 2020 with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award. This is the eighteenth year that IDFA [Read More …]

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on Senate Appropriations Committee Passage of the FY2022 Appropriations Bill

August 10, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), released the following statement today: “The funding bill passed yesterday by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a win for [Read More …]

IDFA Announces Dairy Forum 2022: NEW. NOW. NEXT.

July 29, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is pleased to announce that registration for Dairy Forum 2022 opens today. Dairy Forum is back live and in person in 2022 in sunny Palm Desert, Calif. The [Read More …]

IDFA Calls on U.S. and European Officials to Resolve Issue that Threatens Supplies of Global Infant Formula and Critical Adult Nutrition Products

July 27, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is calling on the U.S. government and European Commission (EC) to quickly resolve a regulatory dispute that threatens the export of dairy ingredients produced in the United States and [Read More …]

IDFA Welcomes 30 Future Dairy Industry Leaders Into NextGen Leadership Program

July 21, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today announced that 30 future leaders of the dairy industry have been accepted into the third class of the NextGen Leadership Program, a signature program of IDFA’s People Strategy. [Read More …]

International Dairy Foods Association Responds to FDA Final Rule that Threatens to Remove Popular Yogurt Products from Grocery Store Shelves and Harm Dairy Foods Makers

July 19, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Dr. Joseph Scimeca, Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on IDFA’s formal objection to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration final rule [Read More …]

Ice Cream Sales and Production Are Hot Again Ahead of National Ice Cream Day

July 19, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

With National Ice Cream Day just around the corner, Americans are lining up at scoop shops and grocery checkout lines at near-record numbers to get their favorite flavors of ice cream. Recent data provided [Read More …]

Want To Understand the Evolution of Environmental Justice and Regulatory Policy?

July 19, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Consideration of environmental justice impacts has been part of the regulatory and permitting process for decades. However, social, cultural and legal changes over the last few years have elevated environmental justice to the highest [Read More …]

IDFA Promotes Heather Soubra to New Role as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

July 12, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced today the promotion of Heather Soubra to the new position of senior vice president, strategic initiatives, effective July 1st. Soubra joined IDFA in 2008 and most recently [Read More …]

A Global Dairy Passport! The Dairy Download Sits Down With Two Leaders In International Dairy Trade

July 6, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Grab your passport, we’re going globetrotting. How are logistics issues impacting international dairy trade? What does the dairy farming landscape look like in other parts of the world? And why do consumers love butter [Read More …]

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA on House Appropriations Committee Passage of the FY2022 Appropriations Bill

July 5, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

For USDA, FDA, and Related Agencies The U.S. House Committee on Appropriations this afternoon passed its fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and [Read More …]

IDFA Announces New Dairy Diversity Coalition

June 28, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dear Dairy Community, IDFA is launching our new Dairy Diversity Coalition, featuring IDFA members committed to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the dairy industry. Our members are prioritizing our people and our workforce to [Read More …]

Celebrate the Many Ways #DairyNourishes During June Dairy Month!

June 17, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Dear Dairy Community, This month, National Dairy Month, IDFA is championing all the benefits and innovations of dairy products, and it’s captured in a new video we’re releasing today. The 120-second video highlights everything [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Leaders to Urge Lawmakers to Advance Child Nutrition Reauthorization

June 17, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and dairy industry leaders from across the country are virtually meeting this month with Members of Congress to advocate for changes to several Child Nutrition Reauthorization policies and [Read More …]

FDA Issues Standard of Identity for Yogurt After Decades of Advocacy From Dairy Industry

June 14, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

IDFA Calls for More Urgent, Transparent Work on Dairy Food Standards The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it will issue a final rule to modernize the standard of identity for yogurt. [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Industry’s Economic Impact Totals $753 Billion

June 11, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. dairy industry continues to play a strong role in the U.S., supporting 3.3 million total jobs and $41.6 billion in direct wages, according to the latest economic impact report from the International [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Applauds Congressional Dairy Champion Letter Urging USDA to Make Low-fat, Flavored Milk School Flexibilities Permanent

May 28, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

A bipartisan group of more than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging USDA to address the underconsumption of [Read More …]

IDFA Lauds U.S. Trade Representative’s Call For Dispute Settlement Against Canada on Its Dairy Tariff Rate Quotas

May 27, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The International Dairy Foods Association today lauded U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for initiating a formal dispute settlement case over Canada’s manipulation of dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Canada had [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Issues Trade Principles on Environmental Sustainability

May 13, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

IDFA Urges the U.S. Government to Proactively Protect U.S. Dairy Trade The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has issued the industry’s first-ever U.S. Dairy Trade Principles on Environmental Sustainability, a critical and proactive step as [Read More …]

Are Your Cost Standards Dynamic Enough To Keep Up?

April 27, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

May 6, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Modern manufacturing enterprises need to be agile and operate in a manner where they can adapt to customer demands. That ever changing demand is altering the traditional production [Read More …]

IDFA and Dairy.com to host DairyTech Conference in 2022

Leadership Coaching as Leadership Development

Dairy Doing Well with Consumers, Export Markets

U.S. Dairy Consumption Beats Expectations in 2020 and Continues to Surge Upward Despite Disruption Caused by Pandemic

Webinar Series: Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on Nomination of Elaine Trevino as USTR Chief Agriculture Negotiator

IDFA and Dairy Companies Applaud USDA’s New Dairy Donation Program Aimed at Addressing Hunger, Food Waste

IDFA Opens Nominations for Annual Industry Awards

Cyber Threats in the Dairy Sector

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on USDA Update to the SNAP Thrifty Food Plan

IDFA Recognizes 34 Dairy Companies with Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Award

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA President and CEO, on Senate Appropriations Committee Passage of the FY2022 Appropriations Bill

IDFA Announces Dairy Forum 2022: NEW. NOW. NEXT.

IDFA Calls on U.S. and European Officials to Resolve Issue that Threatens Supplies of Global Infant Formula and Critical Adult Nutrition Products

IDFA Welcomes 30 Future Dairy Industry Leaders Into NextGen Leadership Program

International Dairy Foods Association Responds to FDA Final Rule that Threatens to Remove Popular Yogurt Products from Grocery Store Shelves and Harm Dairy Foods Makers

Ice Cream Sales and Production Are Hot Again Ahead of National Ice Cream Day

Want To Understand the Evolution of Environmental Justice and Regulatory Policy?

IDFA Promotes Heather Soubra to New Role as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

A Global Dairy Passport! The Dairy Download Sits Down With Two Leaders In International Dairy Trade

Statement from Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA on House Appropriations Committee Passage of the FY2022 Appropriations Bill

IDFA Announces New Dairy Diversity Coalition

Celebrate the Many Ways #DairyNourishes During June Dairy Month!

Dairy Industry Leaders to Urge Lawmakers to Advance Child Nutrition Reauthorization

FDA Issues Standard of Identity for Yogurt After Decades of Advocacy From Dairy Industry

U.S. Dairy Industry’s Economic Impact Totals $753 Billion

U.S. Dairy Applauds Congressional Dairy Champion Letter Urging USDA to Make Low-fat, Flavored Milk School Flexibilities Permanent

IDFA Lauds U.S. Trade Representative’s Call For Dispute Settlement Against Canada on Its Dairy Tariff Rate Quotas

Dairy Industry Issues Trade Principles on Environmental Sustainability

Are Your Cost Standards Dynamic Enough To Keep Up?

What’s Your Communication Level? by John Ellsworth

Born of the Bond Series Premiere Shines Spotlight on Veterinary Care Deserts

Dairy’s Big GLP-1 Moment: 5 Risks Processors Need to Know

Summer Is Over: Use This Fall to Evaluate Summer Heat Stress