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NMPF answers farmer questions concerning USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

June 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy farmers are eligible for direct support through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). CFAP provides direct financial assistance to agricultural producers, providing them the ability to weather the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19. USDA is [Read More …]

Higher prices, effective policies helping dairy rebound and advance, Agri-Mark’s Jacquier says

June 11, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Higher milk prices and effective federal policies – both encouraged by dairy’s unity in responding to the coronavirus crisis – are dramatically turning around dairy-farmer fortunes and presenting opportunities to build on positive lessons learned, [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

June 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest U.S. dairy group, today applauded the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act introduced in the U.S. Senate, calling it an important step toward reducing agricultural carbon emissions that aligns [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, US Dairy Celebrates American Consumers

June 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear these attempts to return to a more normal existence [Read More …]

Sustainability Creates Economic Opportunities for Dairy, DMI’s Harden Says

May 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Far-reaching dairy sustainability goals, including a pledge for net-zero emissions by 2050, go hand-in-hand with economic opportunity for dairy farmers, said Krysta Harden, executive vice president, global environmental strategy, for Dairy Management Inc. and Innovation [Read More …]

NMPF urges participation in CFAP

May 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Dairy farmers must contact their local USDA FSA office to enroll in CFAP Tuesday is the first day of farmer signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), the direct payments for producers funded by [Read More …]

May 2020 dairy market report available

May 28, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

As of mid-May, cash and futures markets were strongly rebounding The coronavirus pandemic has attacked the U.S. dairy economy in waves. It showed up first via collapsing futures-based price outlooks in March, then prompted an [Read More …]

Coronavirus Farm Aid Signup Begins, NMPF Urges Participation

May 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Today is the first day of farmer signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), the direct payments for producers funded by Congress and implemented by USDA. The National Milk Producers Federation is urging all [Read More …]

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Bolsters Protection of Common Food Names

May 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), North American Meat Institute (NAMI), National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and American Farm Bureau Federation [Read More …]

Dairy Organizations Unite in Calling to Aid Other Nations by Filling Food Needs

May 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association jointly urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use all tools at his disposal to “ensure high-quality, nutritious U.S. dairy products [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds Robust Dairy Support in HEROES Act

May 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

As U.S. dairy farmers and their cooperatives continue to weather the unique storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Milk Producers Federation today thanked the U.S. House of Representatives for supporting critical measures for dairy [Read More …]

NMPF Appreciates USDA Dairy Purchases, Looks Forward to Additional Buys

May 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The National Milk Producers Federation expressed appreciation to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for including $120 million of cheese and butter among $470 million in Section 32 food purchases it [Read More …]

Dairy-Price Struggles Will Worsen Before They Get Better, Darigold’s Plagerman Says

May 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

Lags in timing for milk payments have kept many dairy farmers from feeling the worst effects of the coronavirus crisis’s effects on their revenues – but that will soon change, said Leroy Plagerman, a dairy [Read More …]

Long-term recovery depends on sound trade policy

May 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Trade policy expert Shawna Morris says long-range goals of expanded exports will be essential to securing prosperity for the U.S. dairy industry. Even as U.S. Dairy struggles to meet the immediate challenges of coronavirus, its [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 828,938 Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

May 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted five offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 372,581 pounds (169 metric tons) of butter, 37,479 pounds (17 metric tons) of cream [Read More …]

NMPF Calling for Adequate Aid for All Dairy Producers, Citing Analysis

May 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

A new economic analysis projecting a 58 percent decline this year in net cash income for U.S. dairy farms due to coronavirus-related market disruptions further demonstrates the need to eliminate a proposed $125,000 payment cap [Read More …]

Europe Rebuked for Unfair Dairy Trade Practices in New USTR Report

May 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The U.S. dairy industry applauds the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for firmly rebuking the European Union (EU)’s protectionist dairy trade policies in its annual U.S. Special 301 Report. The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and [Read More …]

Federal Dairy Relief Welcome, But More Will Be Needed

May 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 2

As Americans – and American dairy producers – begin the third month of strain caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S., everyone has been forced to adapt to a seemingly endless uncertainty. But, [Read More …]

Expanding Overseas Markets Key to Dairy Post-Coronavirus, NMPF’s Morris Says

May 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

Even as U.S. dairy struggles to meet the immediate challenges of coronavirus, its work on expanding overseas markets continues “not with an eye on what’s going to happen necessarily in the next week, but what [Read More …]

Creative Policy Solutions Needed as Dairy Prices Plunge, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

April 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June, making all-hands-on-deck efforts to find solutions for all dairy producers necessary, Peter Vitaliano, chief economist for the National Milk Producers Federation, says in a [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.4 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

April 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted seven offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 191,802 pounds (87 metric tons) of Cheddar, 83,776 pounds (38 metric tons) of butter, [Read More …]

Small-Business Loans Program a Balm for Farmers – But Act Fast, NMPF’s Larson Says

April 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Congress’s move to replenish two coronavirus-related assistance programs that are available to dairy businesses may help keep some dairies afloat – but application windows may close fast, said Claudia Larson, government relations director at the [Read More …]

NMPF commends progress towards SBA programs better assisting farmers

April 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), the largest U.S. dairy-farmer organization, issued the following statement in anticipation of the U.S. House of Representatives passing H.R. 266, which would replenish funding [Read More …]

NMPF Appreciates USDA Step in Dairy Farmer Aid, Even as More Will Be Needed

April 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The National Milk Producers Federation expressed appreciation to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for including dairy in its $19 billion-dollar agriculture disaster assistance package released today while noting that more will be needed to stem steep [Read More …]

Farmer Unity Necessary for Policy Success, NMPF’s Castaneda Says

April 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Jaime Castaneda, senior vice president for policy, strategy and international trade at the National Milk Producers Federation, says the coronavirus crisis carries an urgency for the federal government comparable to world-shaping events such as World [Read More …]

Rebalancing Production Can Speed Market Recovery, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

April 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

National Milk Producers Federation Chief Economist Peter Vitaliano says government support for dairy producers to reduce production in coming months can speed dairy’s recovery from coronavirus-driven price declines. Production balancing is part of the NMPF [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 3.8 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

April 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 32 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 2.070 million pounds (939 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese, 275,578 [Read More …]

NMPF Launches Social Media #dairyneverstops Campaign

April 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Following the release of its joint Milk Crisis Plan with the International Dairy Foods Association earlier this week, the National Milk Producers Federation today began a social-media campaign geared toward dairy farmers and their allies, [Read More …]

NMPF Asks Labor Department, USDA to Offer H-2A Relief for Dairies

April 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is asking the Labor and Agriculture Departments to accept and approve H-2A visa applications from dairy farmers offering temporary immigrant farmworker employment for up to 364 days in a [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds USDA Move on Milk Disposal, Urges Further Action

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation thanked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for allowing discarded milk to be counted toward milk marketings for the Dairy Revenue Production (DRP) or as actual marketings for the Livestock Gross [Read More …]

NMPF answers farmer questions concerning USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Higher prices, effective policies helping dairy rebound and advance, Agri-Mark’s Jacquier says

NMPF Applauds Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, US Dairy Celebrates American Consumers

Sustainability Creates Economic Opportunities for Dairy, DMI’s Harden Says

NMPF urges participation in CFAP

May 2020 dairy market report available

Coronavirus Farm Aid Signup Begins, NMPF Urges Participation

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Bolsters Protection of Common Food Names

Dairy Organizations Unite in Calling to Aid Other Nations by Filling Food Needs

NMPF Applauds Robust Dairy Support in HEROES Act

NMPF Appreciates USDA Dairy Purchases, Looks Forward to Additional Buys

Dairy-Price Struggles Will Worsen Before They Get Better, Darigold’s Plagerman Says

Long-term recovery depends on sound trade policy

CWT Assists with 828,938 Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

NMPF Calling for Adequate Aid for All Dairy Producers, Citing Analysis

Europe Rebuked for Unfair Dairy Trade Practices in New USTR Report

Federal Dairy Relief Welcome, But More Will Be Needed

Expanding Overseas Markets Key to Dairy Post-Coronavirus, NMPF’s Morris Says

Creative Policy Solutions Needed as Dairy Prices Plunge, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

CWT Assists with 2.4 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Small-Business Loans Program a Balm for Farmers – But Act Fast, NMPF’s Larson Says

NMPF commends progress towards SBA programs better assisting farmers

NMPF Appreciates USDA Step in Dairy Farmer Aid, Even as More Will Be Needed

Farmer Unity Necessary for Policy Success, NMPF’s Castaneda Says

Rebalancing Production Can Speed Market Recovery, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

CWT Assists with 3.8 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

NMPF Asks Labor Department, USDA to Offer H-2A Relief for Dairies

NMPF Applauds USDA Move on Milk Disposal, Urges Further Action

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