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Trade + sustainability = dairy’s next frontier

June 7, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Among all the great stories dairy can tell in 2021 as it celebrates National Dairy Month in June, from its reaffirmation by grocery shoppers to farmer leadership in COVID-19 vaccine drives, the sector’s gains in global trade [Read More …]

Group pens letter supporting school milk flexibilities

June 1, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Letter urges USDA to make low-fat, flavored milk school flexibilities permanent 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 [Read More …]

NMPF, USDEC welcome support on USMCA dairy provisions

May 25, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF and USDEC welcome bipartisan congressional support to enforce USMCA dairy provisions From Krysta Harden, president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk [Read More …]

DMI NMPF Dairy Market Report – May 2021

May 24, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Several positive signs have emerged in recent months that are pointing to a tightening milk supply-demand balance and improving milk prices. Year-over-year milk production growth moderated from 2.4 percent in January to 1.8 percent [Read More …]

NMPF’s Bjerga on the need for trade enforcement

May 20, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. dairy exports are at record levels, showing the potential of overseas markets. But trade integrity is necessary to expand dairy sales, making enforcement of the USMCA trade agreement a must, NMPF Senior Vice President [Read More …]

Farmers at the heart of nation’s solutions, leader of Black farmers group says – Dairy Defined Podcast

May 12, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

From building small communities to solving environmental issues, farmers stand at the center of solutions to national problems, says Cornelius Blanding, executive director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, a Georgia-based non-profit [Read More …]

FARM Program publishes 2021 Drug Residue Prevention Manual

May 11, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Educational tool promotes best management practices for administering treatment to dairy cattle The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program published its 2021 Milk & Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Reference Manual and accompanying pocket guide, an [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers to Seek Emergency USDA Hearing on Class I Mover Reform

May 10, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF’s Board of Directors voted April 23 to request an emergency USDA hearing on a Federal Milk Marketing Order proposal to restore fairness for farmers in the Class I fluid milk price mover. The endorsement [Read More …]

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated

May 7, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Farmers and cooperatives across the country are putting together vaccination events The robust pace of U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations is the most important story in the country right now – and not just because vaccinations make [Read More …]

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated

May 6, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Farmers and cooperatives across the country are putting together vaccination events The robust pace of U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations is the most important story in the country right now – and not just because vaccinations make [Read More …]

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated, with co-ops leading the way

May 5, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The robust pace of U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations is the most important story in the country right now – and not just because vaccinations make the U.S. healthier and safer. They’re also important to building back [Read More …]

U.S. Trade Representative Calls Out EU GI Abuses and Impacts on U.S. Exporters

May 4, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today commended Ambassador Katherine Tai and U.S. Trade Representative Office staff, as well as the U.S. Department [Read More …]

U.S. dairy exports a sustainable success, USDEC’s Harden says

April 29, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

A career devoted to agricultural sustainability – capped by a stint as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture – has prepared new U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Krysta Harden well for her new [Read More …]

Dairy farmers to seek emergency USDA hearing

April 28, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Requests emergency USDA hearing on Class I fluid milk price mover reform The National Milk Producers Federation’s Board of Directors voted today to request an emergency USDA hearing on a Federal Milk Marketing Order proposal [Read More …]

NMPF supports labeling integrity through DAIRY PRIDE Act

April 27, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) commended Representatives Peter Welch (D-VT) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and James Risch (R-ID) today for reintroducing the DAIRY PRIDE Act, a bill that would [Read More …]

U.S. dairy applauds new Dairy Donation Program

April 20, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

USDA will soon implement the $400M Dairy Donation Program established by Congress in December 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it will soon implement the $400 million Dairy Donation Program established by [Read More …]

Dairy applauds USDA work to implement new Dairy Donation Program

April 20, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it will soon implement the $400 million Dairy Donation Program established by Congress in December 2020. The department provided details on program participation to dairy processors and [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Applauds USDA Work to Implement New Dairy Donation Program

April 19, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announced yesterday that it will soon implement the $400 million Dairy Donation Program established by Congress in December 2020. The department provided details on program participation to dairy processors and [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Ask NMPF & IDFA to Collaborate To Fix Milk Pricing Debacle

April 14, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

More than 400 dairy farmers have recently signed on to a letter asking the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) for collaboration. In the letter, producers from across the United [Read More …]

Environmental stewardship natural for dairy, FARM’s Ayache says

April 14, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Earth Day later this month is a natural opportunity to highlight dairy’s commitment to environmental stewardship, Nicole Ayache, NMPF’s senior director for sustainability initiatives and leader of Environmental Stewardship and Workforce Development for the National [Read More …]

Dairy – tough to live without it

April 7, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

The misguided, fringe argument that dairy isn’t important to human diets would be laughable if it weren’t dangerous. Is it possible to live without dairy? It’s possible to live without many things – sunlight, for [Read More …]

The Farm Workforce Moment is Here. Let’s Take It

April 6, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Farmers and their workforce have proven time and again in the past year that they can rise to substantial challenges. It’s time for Congress to do the same. Dairy farmers and the employees who keep [Read More …]

USTR report cites impediments to U.S. dairy exports

April 5, 2021 Sarah S News Team 1

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) urged the Biden Administration to work to eliminate foreign tariffs on and nontariff impediments to U.S. exports, following the release today by the Office [Read More …]

Find out how dairy farmers, co-ops can still apply for PPP

April 5, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF, members of Congress work to ensure dairy farmers, cooperatives have equitable access to PPP Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the CARES Act, its second coronavirus emergency relief package response enacted in [Read More …]

The Latest on How Dairy Farmers and Co-ops Can Still Apply

April 1, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the CARES Act, its second coronavirus emergency relief package response enacted in March 2020. The program was designed to help small businesses keep their workers employed during [Read More …]

Dairy keeps elite athletes running, Olympic hopeful Elle Purrier St. Pierre says

March 31, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Elinor “Elle” Purrier St. Pierre holds the U.S. record for fastest times in the women’s indoor mile and two-mile races. She’s also a dairy farmer, having grown up on a 40-cow operation in Vermont and [Read More …]

Attention All U.S. Dairy Producers Impacted by Negative PPDs

March 31, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Deadline Extended until April 5th Final Reminder to Sign on to this Important Initiative All Dairy Producers and your Dairy Advocacy Trade Associations are invited to add your names on a letter to the Presidents [Read More …]

NMPF statement on USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative

March 30, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

“U.S. dairy farmers and their cooperatives thank USDA for its support for the Dairy Donation Program, a critical means for connecting nutritious dairy products with the consumers who need them, as well as its examination [Read More …]

NMPF urges more balanced dairy purchases

March 26, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Officials urged to effectively allocate dairy products in successor to Farmers to Families Food Box Program National Milk Producers Federation Senior Vice President for Policy Strategy and International Trade Jaime Castaneda today urged federal officials [Read More …]

From donations to vaccinations, dairies lead throughout the pandemic

March 24, 2021 Sarah S News Team 0

Though the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, some light seems to be appearing at what may be the end of a very long tunnel. Vaccinations are moving ahead; caseloads have fallen dramatically from winter; [Read More …]

Trade + sustainability = dairy’s next frontier

Group pens letter supporting school milk flexibilities

NMPF, USDEC welcome support on USMCA dairy provisions

DMI NMPF Dairy Market Report – May 2021

NMPF’s Bjerga on the need for trade enforcement

Farmers at the heart of nation’s solutions, leader of Black farmers group says – Dairy Defined Podcast

FARM Program publishes 2021 Drug Residue Prevention Manual

Dairy Farmers to Seek Emergency USDA Hearing on Class I Mover Reform

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated

Dairy helps get rural America vaccinated, with co-ops leading the way

U.S. Trade Representative Calls Out EU GI Abuses and Impacts on U.S. Exporters

U.S. dairy exports a sustainable success, USDEC’s Harden says

Dairy farmers to seek emergency USDA hearing

NMPF supports labeling integrity through DAIRY PRIDE Act

U.S. dairy applauds new Dairy Donation Program

Dairy applauds USDA work to implement new Dairy Donation Program

U.S. Dairy Applauds USDA Work to Implement New Dairy Donation Program

Dairy Farmers Ask NMPF & IDFA to Collaborate To Fix Milk Pricing Debacle

Environmental stewardship natural for dairy, FARM’s Ayache says

Dairy – tough to live without it

The Farm Workforce Moment is Here. Let’s Take It

USTR report cites impediments to U.S. dairy exports

Find out how dairy farmers, co-ops can still apply for PPP

The Latest on How Dairy Farmers and Co-ops Can Still Apply

Dairy keeps elite athletes running, Olympic hopeful Elle Purrier St. Pierre says

Attention All U.S. Dairy Producers Impacted by Negative PPDs

NMPF statement on USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative

NMPF urges more balanced dairy purchases

From donations to vaccinations, dairies lead throughout the pandemic

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