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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 …]

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 …]

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

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

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