Dairy Industry Looking to Fight Back Against Canada

The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and International Dairy Foods Association have written a letter to the Trump Administration asking them to fight against what they call unfair trade policies by our neighbors to the north.

Canada has instituted a new policy that designates U.S. dairy in such a way that multiple companies are saying that their counterparts in Canada will not accept their milk beginning next month.

NMPF CEO Jim Mulhern says, “American companies have invested in new equipment and asked dairy farmers to supply the milk to meet demand in the Canadian dairy market. This export access has suddenly disappeared, not because the market is gone, but because the Canadian government has reneged on its commitments.

Canada is the largest export market for U.S. dairy.

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