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NMPF CEO Corner: The word is resilience
The word is resilience As I was putting my thoughts together for this year’s meeting, I was walking through the office a couple weeks ago and I saw a sign in one of my staff [Read More …]
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Southeast Dairy Stewardship program – 5th Module
Please join us for an educational program addressing communications and training to comply with F.A.R.M. requirements and 3rd party auditors. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the program. The program is designed for [Read More …]
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NMPF HIGHLIGHTS DAIRY’S RESILIENCE, HONORS FARMER LEADERS AT ANNUAL MEETING
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern highlighted the resilience of U.S. dairy farmers in a challenging economic and policy environment, pledging that dairy would speak with one voice on crucial issues in [Read More …]
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AMPI cheesemakers earn champion title
Dairy farmer-owned co-op’s Parmesan tops national contest The cheesemakers of Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) are bringing home the coveted Chairman’s Trophy following the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Championship Cheese Contest. A hand-crafted Parmesan [Read More …]
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NMPF Highlights Dairy’s Resilience, Honors Farmer Leaders at Annual Meeting
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern highlighted the resilience of U.S. dairy farmers in a challenging economic and policy environment, pledging that dairy would speak with one voice on crucial issues in [Read More …]
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NMPF Eager to Work With Congress as House Agriculture Guest Worker Bill Introduced
The National Milk Producers Federation today announced its support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan immigration bill that advances agriculture immigration reform sponsored by Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman [Read More …]
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Dairy Defined: Working Together is the Heart of Dairy
Dairy is a quirky commodity. It’s a highly perishable product “harvested” every day. It’s in all 50 states. And more than for most other commodities, dairy farmers are organized into cooperatives, putting the cooperative principle [Read More …]
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Joint Statement by the Dairy Sectors of the United States and Mexico on their Fourth Annual Meeting
The representatives of the organizations of milk producers and the dairy processors of Mexico: Asociación Nacional de Ganaderos Lecheros (ANGLAC) Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas (CNOG) Gremio de Productores Lecheros de la Republica Mexicana Cámara [Read More …]
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DAIRY DEFINED PODCAST: FARMERS FACE CHOICES IN 2020 DMC SIGNUP
With farmers receiving a $300 million financial boost via the 2019 Dairy Margin Coverage Program, signup is now underway for the 2020 program. But every year is different, and Chris Galen, NMPF’s Senior [Read More …]
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NMPF Statement on Its Letter to President Trump
“On behalf of dairy farmers and farmer-owned dairy cooperatives across the country, NMPF wrote to the President today to commend his Administration for its excellent judgment this month in including a number of European dairy [Read More …]
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Dairy Defined: Milk – A Great Addition to Your Science-Based Diet
Call it old-fashioned, but dairy believes in science. For example, it takes climate change seriously – that’s why North America’s dairy sector, which is dominated by U.S. production, is the only one worldwide whose total [Read More …]
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Dairy Defined: The Over-hyped Shift To Plant-based Beverages
One important lesson we’re taught in high school science class is the adage that “correlation is not causation.” One example is the commonly reported, “milk is losing market share to plant-based beverages,” which implies that [Read More …]
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Trade deal with Japan a positive step. We need to go further.
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister’s Shinzo Abe’s agreement last week to a limited trade deal between the two countries is an important development in expanding one of dairy’s most important trade relationships. Still, [Read More …]
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DAIRY DEFINED: THE OVER-HYPED SHIFT TO PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES
One important lesson we’re taught in high school science class is the adage that “correlation is not causation.” One example is the commonly reported, “milk is losing market share to plant-based beverages,” which implies that [Read More …]
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NMPF September 2019 Dairy Market Report Available
Tighter markets and stronger prices for milk and dairy products persisted through the summer and are poised to continue into fall. Positive signs include significant increases in both domestic use and exports of [Read More …]
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NMPF Urges Dairy Farmers To Take Advantage Of Dairy Margin Coverage Signup Extension
The National Milk Producers Federation is urging farmers to take advantage of a one-week extension in the Dairy Margin Coverage program signup deadline to Sept. 27, announced by USDA today. “Dairy farmers have much to [Read More …]
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DAIRY DEFINED: WITH DEMAND AT 56-YEAR HIGH, “DEATH OF DAIRY” IS A MYTH
Dairy is facing challenges. In a crowded beverage marketplace, per-capita fluid milk consumption in the U.S. is down by a quarter in the past 20 years, and the number of U.S. dairy farms dropped 6.8 [Read More …]
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NMPF urges farmers to sign up for DMC program
Program is a much more robust safety net for dairy producers of all sizes With one month left until the 2019 sign-up for the Dairy Margin Coverage program closes, the National Milk Producers Federation urged [Read More …]
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NMPF Urges Farmers to Sign Up for Dairy Margin Coverage as Deadline Approaches
With one month left until the 2019 sign-up for the Dairy Margin Coverage program closes, the National Milk Producers Federation urged all dairy farmers to enroll in the program, which guarantees a payout for cash-strapped [Read More …]
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MILK PRODUCERS GAIN IN SECOND ROUND OF TRADE-MITIGATION PAYMENTS
Milk producers will do better the second time around than they did in the first round of Market Facilitation Program payments, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced July 25. The trade-mitigation payments are the [Read More …]
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Almonds don’t lactate: Farmers call on FDA to do its job
“An almond doesn’t lactate, I must confess,” Gottlieb said last July 17 The National Milk Producers Federation marked the one-year anniversary of then-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s famous observation that “almonds don’t lactate” by reminding the agency it [Read More …]
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Results Matter, and the DMC Delivers
Getting results for members is central to the mission of any trade organization. Fortunately, thanks to a great deal of hard work by our expert staff, NMPF has important achievements to point to that will [Read More …]
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First DMC Payments Providing Critical Aid to Dairy Farmers in Need
The National Milk Producers Federation thanked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for meeting the timeline Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue promised in February for dairy-program payments under the 2018 farm bill. Dairy farmers began receiving checks [Read More …]
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FARM Program Announces New Educational Resources
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program announced two new manuals and other materials as part of its FARM Workforce Development program area. The FARM Safety Reference Manual provides straightforward, relevant and useful [Read More …]
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NMPF Thanks USDA for Steps to Address Feed Shortage
The National Milk Producers Federation today commended Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for actions intended to provide relief to farmers impacted by significant flooding and rain this spring. The Department of Agriculture has announced that farmers [Read More …]
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NMPF Thanks USDA, Urges Farmers to Sign Up for Dairy-Friendly DMC Program
The National Milk Producers Federation welcomed USDA’s announcement that signup for the long-awaited Dairy Margin Coverage Program will begin June 17, applauding the department’s inclusion of the cost of high-quality alfalfa feed in payment calculations, [Read More …]
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NMPF Applauds Passage of H-2A Amendment Aiding Dairy Farmers
From National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern: “We greatly appreciate the work of Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on behalf of America’s dairy producers to include year-round employees on [Read More …]
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USDA DATA SHOWS FOURTH MONTH OF DMC PAYMENTS
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reported milk and feed prices that peg the April 2019 margin under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program at $8.96 per cwt, which would generate a payment that [Read More …]
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Dairy Farmers, Industry to Congress: Help Us by Passing USMCA
The U.S. dairy industry is urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an outreach campaign highlighting the importance of the agreement to the success of America’s dairy farmers and manufacturers. In [Read More …]
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NMPF, IDFA Commend Introduction of Bipartisan School Milk Nutrition Act
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today offered their strong support for a bipartisan bill to codify into law current milk varieties that schools may offer and reaffirm [Read More …]