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The State of the Labels, FDA Comment Edition (a Photo Essay)

September 13, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

July marked the end of the comment period for FDA’s draft guidance on the labeling of plant-based beverages. The guidance, offered in February, is filled with flaws and still doesn’t do what FDA actually needs to [Read More …]

The State of the Labels, FDA Comment Deadline Edition

September 12, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

July marked the end of the comment period for FDA’s draft guidance on the labeling of plant-based beverages. The guidance, offered in February, is filled with flaws and still doesn’t do what FDA actually needs to [Read More …]

NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization As Doud Begins New Role

September 12, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The National Milk Producers Federation announced a significant staff reorganization as it transitions to new leadership, as incoming President & CEO Gregg Doud began work with the organization this week as the organization’s Chief Operating Officer, [Read More …]

Share your experiences with Congress’ Ag Labor Working Group

September 11, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The House Agriculture Committee’s newly-formed Agricultural Labor Working Group has released an online survey requesting input from the agricultural community about workforce issues. Feedback from dairy farmers, employees and other stakeholders is requested to provide insight into [Read More …]

As Hearing Moves Forward, Dairy’s Path is Becoming Clearer

September 6, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing is well underway, and thus far its progress is much as expected. With NMPF’s proposed modernization plan serving as its bedrock, the topics under discussion very much reflect [Read More …]

Dairy Market Report: Restrained Supply, Expanding Demand Offer Some Hope for Improved Milk Prices

August 25, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

A restrained supply and expanding demand are offering some hope that the current dire milk-price situation may improve, potentially offering a rapid recovery in dairy margins that are currently at punishing levels for dairy farmers. [Read More …]

FMMO Hearing Heralds Farmer-Led Progress for Dairy, NMPF Says

August 24, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The first day of USDA’s once-in-a-generation hearing on federal milk pricing represents a critical moment for dairy’s future, one in which the National Milk Producers Federation intends to lead, President and CEO Jim Mulhern said [Read More …]

Federal Order Modernization Summary: Hearing Begins Today

August 23, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

After more than a year of in-depth analysis and examination of numerous Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) issues by a dedicated team of technical experts from National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) member cooperatives, followed by [Read More …]

NMPF’S Castaneda Advocates For Dairy In Switzerland

August 8, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF’s Jaime Castaneda pushed to protect common food names at the July 10 World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. NMPF’s executive vice president for policy development and strategy represented the U.S. [Read More …]

DMC Margin Drops Below $4 for First Time Ever

August 7, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The June Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) margin dropped by $1.18/cwt from a month earlier to $3.65/cwt, the first time it’s been below $4/cwt since margin protection became the basic federal safety net mechanism for dairy [Read More …]

Draft guidance not enough to prevent misleading labeling, NMPF to FDA

August 3, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

While the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) draft guidance on plant-based beverages acknowledges the public health concern regarding nutritional confusion, it falls woefully short of ending the decades-old problem of misleading plant-based labeling using dairy [Read More …]

NMPF Scholarship Program awards $20,000 to graduate students

July 28, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today announced the recipients of its 2023 National Dairy Leadership Scholarship awards, recognizing outstanding graduate students pursuing research of interest to the U.S. dairy industry. The awards, funded by [Read More …]

NMPF and USDEC form alliance with Italian Dairy Association to promote priorities internationally

July 28, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), and Italian Dairy Association (Assolatte) signed an agreement today that increases collaboration between the three groups as they promote the nutritional benefits of dairy products and [Read More …]

The numbers don’t lie – plant-based beverages losing market share to milk

July 26, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Attention to everyone who values accuracy over propaganda: The next time you read a news article that states “milk is losing market share to plant-based alternatives,” please send the reporter, the editor, anyone who will [Read More …]

NMPF statement on USDA Federal Order announcement

July 25, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Dairy farmers nationwide are grateful that USDA is moving forward by including the full scope of NMPF’s proposal to guide the dairy industry forward as it modernizes the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. This recognition [Read More …]

Dairy better benefits children through science-based federal food policies

July 19, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act may have its best chance yet of passing Congress this year. But the potential return of whole and 2% percent options to school lunch menus is only one [Read More …]

Need for lab-based action as clear as a milk label

July 11, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

It’s the difference between “Water, animal-free whey protein (from fermentation), sunflower oil, sugar, less than 1% of: vitamin A, vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), vitamin D2, riboflavin, citrus fiber, salt, dipotassium phosphate, acacia, gellan gum, mixed tocopherols [Read More …]

NMPF Advances UK And Asian Tariff-reduction Projects

July 11, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF’s Tony Rice joined the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in a trip to the United Kingdom June 11-16 to help promote U.S.-UK dairy trade. Rice met with U.S. and UK government [Read More …]

Dietary GuidelinesProtocols Need Newer Dairy Science

July 10, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF called for newer science on dairy fats, and for no inferences to be made about the health benefits of plant-based milk alternatives based on dairy science, in comments submitted June 30 on draft protocols [Read More …]

Dairy Gains Strength Through its Advocates

July 7, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Dairy farmers don’t advance better policy unless dairy farmers get involved. And don’t take my word for it: Listen to NMPF’s Young Cooperators, who met with members of Congress last month at their annual Capitol [Read More …]

NMPF Letter Warns FDA: Don’t Repeat Plant-Based Mistakes With Lab-Produced Fake Milk

July 5, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must end dairy product mislabeling by manufacturers of synthetic, cell-based “dairy” ingredients that are in violation of federal dairy Standards of Identity to prevent a repeat of the [Read More …]

Farmer milk-price outlook a challenge

July 3, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Bright spots in the dairy outlook are harder to find than usual at the moment. As in 2015–2019, butter is acting as the pole holding up the dairy price tent, having found a firm floor [Read More …]

NMPF letter warns FDA: Don’t repeat plant-based mistakes with lab-produced fake ‘milk’

June 30, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must end dairy product mislabeling by manufacturers of synthetic, cell-based “dairy” ingredients that are in violation of federal dairy Standards of Identity to prevent a repeat of [Read More …]

Cheese-Name Fight Vital For Industry

June 27, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

What’s in a name? Quite a lot. In dairy, a name defines a taste and experience. And that’s why European Union attempts to monopolize commonly understood cheese names poses a problem for consumers and cheese [Read More …]

Dallmann East River Dairy is on frontline of sustainability

June 22, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Dallmann East River Dairy sits on the border of Calumet and Manitowoc counties in Brillion, WI. Nick Dallmann, his sister Lindsay Hansen, and their parents Dan and Shirley are all involved on the farm. Nick’s [Read More …]

NMPF Board approves comprehensive farm bill recommendations

June 12, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF’s Board of Directors approved June 7 a suite of farm bill policy priorities covering the commodities, conservation, trade, and nutrition titles, working to enhance federal support for producers and expand access to nutritious dairy [Read More …]

NMPF Board Of Directors Names Gregg Doud New President And CEO

June 8, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation’s Board of Directors today unanimously voted to name Gregg Doud, a globally recognized agricultural leader, as its next president and CEO, succeeding Jim Mulhern, who is retiring at the end [Read More …]

NMPF statement on Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

June 8, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

“NMPF commends House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-PA, and Rep. Kim Schrier, D-WA, for their bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act to help increase kids’ access to milk’s vital nutrients. “Good nutrition [Read More …]

Mulhern to Retire as NMPF President and CEO After Decade of Service

June 7, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern announced Tuesday he will retire from his position at the end of this year, concluding a decade of service leading the organization and capping a 45-year career in U.S. [Read More …]

NMPF eager for next steps with USDA “Action Plan”

June 6, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

The National Milk Producers Federation applauds USDA for today proposing its “Action Plan” to move toward a national hearing based on NMPF’s proposal to modernize the Federal Milk Marketing Orders. The largest representative of U.S. [Read More …]

The State of the Labels, FDA Comment Edition (a Photo Essay)

The State of the Labels, FDA Comment Deadline Edition

NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization As Doud Begins New Role

Share your experiences with Congress’ Ag Labor Working Group

As Hearing Moves Forward, Dairy’s Path is Becoming Clearer

Dairy Market Report: Restrained Supply, Expanding Demand Offer Some Hope for Improved Milk Prices

FMMO Hearing Heralds Farmer-Led Progress for Dairy, NMPF Says

Federal Order Modernization Summary: Hearing Begins Today

NMPF’S Castaneda Advocates For Dairy In Switzerland

DMC Margin Drops Below $4 for First Time Ever

Draft guidance not enough to prevent misleading labeling, NMPF to FDA

NMPF Scholarship Program awards $20,000 to graduate students

NMPF and USDEC form alliance with Italian Dairy Association to promote priorities internationally

The numbers don’t lie – plant-based beverages losing market share to milk

NMPF statement on USDA Federal Order announcement

Dairy better benefits children through science-based federal food policies

Need for lab-based action as clear as a milk label

NMPF Advances UK And Asian Tariff-reduction Projects

Dietary GuidelinesProtocols Need Newer Dairy Science

Dairy Gains Strength Through its Advocates

NMPF Letter Warns FDA: Don’t Repeat Plant-Based Mistakes With Lab-Produced Fake Milk

Farmer milk-price outlook a challenge

NMPF letter warns FDA: Don’t repeat plant-based mistakes with lab-produced fake ‘milk’

Cheese-Name Fight Vital For Industry

Dallmann East River Dairy is on frontline of sustainability

NMPF Board approves comprehensive farm bill recommendations

NMPF Board Of Directors Names Gregg Doud New President And CEO

NMPF statement on Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

Mulhern to Retire as NMPF President and CEO After Decade of Service

NMPF eager for next steps with USDA “Action Plan”

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