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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 …]

Volatility Reigned In The Markets Again This Week

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 10, 2020 Volatility reigned in the markets once again this week. After much back and forth, nearby Class III futures finished even lower than last Friday. [Read More …]

Detlefsen Predicts Protective Equipment Shortages in Food Chain to Linger into Summer

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Clay Detlefsen, senior vice president of regulatory and environmental affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation and the private-sector chair of the Food and Agricultural Sector Coordinating Council – says that while shortages of grocery [Read More …]

Dairy United as NMPF, IDFA Submit Request for Aid to Farmers, Processors

April 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest organization of U.S. dairy farmers, and the International Dairy Foods Association submitted a request for assistance to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered [Read More …]

Dairy Difficulties To Reverberate For Several Months, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

April 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

National Milk Producers Federation Chief Economist Peter Vitaliano says current coronavirus-created gloom over dairy prices as expressed in futures markets may turn out be overstated in the end, but that the pain felt by producers [Read More …]

IDFA – NMPF Submit Joint Plan to USDA to Support Dairy Industry Through COVID-19

April 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the past six weeks, IDFA has worked day and night to ensure the federal government hears and understands the unique challenges facing our dairy industry because of COVID-19. As the impact deepens across our [Read More …]

NMPF coronavirus webpage adds employer section

April 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

NMPF offers information to help dairy farmers navigate COVID-19 challenges The National Milk Producers Federation’s coronavirus webpage has added key guidance documents for agricultural employers in the wake of recent legislation and also expanded its Spanish-language resources to [Read More …]

NMPF’s Galen Discusses the Need for Dairy Advocacy in Podcast

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Chris Galen, senior vice president for membership services and strategic initiatives at the National Milk Producers Federation, says dairy farmers need effective policy advocacy in Washington as the economic effects of coronavirus are dealt with [Read More …]

Dairy Collaboration a Bright Spot in Challenging Coronavirus Times

April 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Words like “unprecedented” shouldn’t be thrown around lightly, but it’s indisputable that what we are living through now has no modern parallel. Travel in the United States, the world’s richest nation, has nearly ground to [Read More …]

Exclusive NMPFs Vitaliano Discusses Dairy’s Looming Challenges With RFD-TV

April 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

NMPF Chief Economist Peter Vitaliano discusses the challenges dairy farmers will face as supply chains adjust to coronavirus-related disruptions in an interview for a television news package on dairy that RFD-TV is producing to air [Read More …]

Coronavirus Bill Offers Dairy Aid in What May Be a Long Effort, NMPF’s Bleiberg Says

March 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

A massive coronavirus aid package poised to pass Congress that includes crucial assistance to dairy producers is a critical, but likely not the last, step in assisting sectors hard-hit by economic disruptions, said Paul Bleiberg, [Read More …]

Coronavirus Response Plan Provides Welcome Aid for Dairy; NMPF Thanks Congress

March 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

The National Milk Producers Federation commended members of Congress for successfully crafting a bipartisan package to provide support and relief during the coronavirus pandemic to all Americans, including dairy and other agricultural producers who are [Read More …]

NMPF Statement on President Trump’s Signing of Coronavirus Legislation

March 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In response to President Donald Trump’s signing of the CARES Act addressing the coronavirus crisis, National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered the following statement: “We thank President Trump for quickly [Read More …]

NMPF Coronavirus Page Adds Employer Section, Boosts Spanish-Language Resources

March 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation’s coronavirus webpage has added key guidance documents for agricultural employers in the wake of recent legislation and also expanded its Spanish-language resources to meet member needs as farmer economic and workforce situations rapidly [Read More …]

FARM’s Yeiser Stepp Discusses How Dairy-Farm Stewardship is Adapting to Coronavirus

March 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Emily Yeiser Stepp, a National Milk Producers Federation vice president and head of the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program, is seeing rapid evolution in the initiative as the dairy industry continues to [Read More …]

Coronavirus Website Expands, Adding Farmer Resources, Podcasts to NMPF Page

March 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The National Milk Producers Federation’s coronavirus webpage is expanding further, adding a farmer handbook to address dairy production needs and launching a podcast series featuring experts discussing crucial issues faced by dairy farmers and the [Read More …]

NMPF Thanks USDA for Coronavirus Response, Outlines Dairy Needs as Losses May Exceed $2.85 Billion

March 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest organization of U.S. dairy farmers, commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its timely responses to the coronavirus crisis while outlining what agency actions could best aid dairy [Read More …]

NMPF’s Jonker Discusses Safety of U.S. Milk and Details Dairy Precautions in Podcast

March 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation’s Vice President for Sustainability and Scientific Affairs, Dr. Jamie Jonker, discusses why U.S. milk supplies are safe and details the precautions dairy farmers are taking to protect their workers and [Read More …]

NMPF’s Bjerga on dairy and coronavirus

March 18, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

NMPF’s Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga discusses the response of dairy producers to the coronavirus on RFD-TV. “Dairy is like everyone else—there are more questions than answers. People are being encouraged to take [Read More …]

NMPF Ready to Help Dairy Farmers Meet Coronavirus Challenges

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In response to the continued spread of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) in the United States and the virus’s potential impact on domestic and international markets, National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern said the [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Descend on Senate to Demand Agriculture Labor Reform

March 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy farmers from National Milk Producers Federation member cooperatives and state dairy associations are visiting U.S. Senate offices today and tomorrow as part of a fly-in calling for an agricultural labor bill that could be [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: Lactose-free milk is growing faster than plant-based. You didn’t know that?

March 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

This might be tough to digest if you’re a plant-based fundamentalist, but the numbers don’t lie: In 2019, lactose-free milk sales grew twice as fast as plant-based beverages, with lactose-free poised to surpass almond-beverage sales this [Read More …]

DMC Margin drops in USDA projections

March 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

A combination of rising supplies and fears of lower demand due to the coronavirus worsened the economic outlook for U.S. dairy producers, with margins under the Dairy Margin Coverage program falling. The January [Read More …]

Dairy Defined Podcast: NMPF’s Castenada surveys the trade landscape

March 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Tangible gains from the USMCA trade agreement, as well as progress on “Phase One” trade deals with China and Japan, underscore dairy’s persistent efforts to open new opportunities in foreign markets, Jaime Castaneda, NMPF’s senior [Read More …]

NMPF: Working to Improve Dairy Labor, Inside and Outside Washington

March 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As the voice of dairy farmers in Washington, the National Milk Producers Federation constantly works for policy solutions to help our members succeed. As an organization that advances the interests of dairy farmers and the [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: FDA doesn’t know where to go on fake dairy? We’ve got a map

February 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

More than one year after comments closed on FDA’s request for information on fake-milk labeling; with health organizations warning against inappropriate consumption of plant-based beverages; with a rising number of lawmakers asking why nothing’s been done; and with a new FDA [Read More …]

Dairy Defined Podcast: NMPF’s Jonker on Dairy’s Advancing Stewardship

February 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Dairy farming continues to advance in sustainability and animal welfare as technology and scientific understanding evolves, ensuring better care for the planet and for animals, said Jamie Jonker, NMPF vice president for sustainability and scientific [Read More …]

NMPF Welcomes Congressional Prod to FDA on Fake Dairy

February 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

NMPF commends the 58 members of the House of Representatives who wrote FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn today, urging the agency to quickly finish and act upon its examination of how to enforce regulations defining what [Read More …]

Dairy defined: How red herrings became part of a plant-based diet (and how to get them out)

February 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Of the many inaccurate arguments misattributed to dairy in the debate over imitation-product labeling, one of the most persistent is that “Big Dairy says consumers are confused about what milk is” – a statement that [Read More …]

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

NMPF Applauds USDA Move on Milk Disposal, Urges Further Action

Volatility Reigned In The Markets Again This Week

Detlefsen Predicts Protective Equipment Shortages in Food Chain to Linger into Summer

Dairy United as NMPF, IDFA Submit Request for Aid to Farmers, Processors

Dairy Difficulties To Reverberate For Several Months, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

IDFA – NMPF Submit Joint Plan to USDA to Support Dairy Industry Through COVID-19

NMPF coronavirus webpage adds employer section

NMPF’s Galen Discusses the Need for Dairy Advocacy in Podcast

Dairy Collaboration a Bright Spot in Challenging Coronavirus Times

Exclusive NMPFs Vitaliano Discusses Dairy’s Looming Challenges With RFD-TV

Coronavirus Bill Offers Dairy Aid in What May Be a Long Effort, NMPF’s Bleiberg Says

Coronavirus Response Plan Provides Welcome Aid for Dairy; NMPF Thanks Congress

NMPF Statement on President Trump’s Signing of Coronavirus Legislation

NMPF Coronavirus Page Adds Employer Section, Boosts Spanish-Language Resources

FARM’s Yeiser Stepp Discusses How Dairy-Farm Stewardship is Adapting to Coronavirus

Coronavirus Website Expands, Adding Farmer Resources, Podcasts to NMPF Page

NMPF Thanks USDA for Coronavirus Response, Outlines Dairy Needs as Losses May Exceed $2.85 Billion

NMPF’s Jonker Discusses Safety of U.S. Milk and Details Dairy Precautions in Podcast

NMPF’s Bjerga on dairy and coronavirus

NMPF Ready to Help Dairy Farmers Meet Coronavirus Challenges

Dairy Farmers Descend on Senate to Demand Agriculture Labor Reform

Dairy Defined: Lactose-free milk is growing faster than plant-based. You didn’t know that?

DMC Margin drops in USDA projections

Dairy Defined Podcast: NMPF’s Castenada surveys the trade landscape

NMPF: Working to Improve Dairy Labor, Inside and Outside Washington

Dairy Defined: FDA doesn’t know where to go on fake dairy? We’ve got a map

Dairy Defined Podcast: NMPF’s Jonker on Dairy’s Advancing Stewardship

NMPF Welcomes Congressional Prod to FDA on Fake Dairy

Dairy defined: How red herrings became part of a plant-based diet (and how to get them out)

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

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