Jim Mulhern

The National Milk Producers Federation has submitted comments supporting the USDA’s proposal on the use of Radio Frequency Identification Tags, RFIDs. USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposes RFID tags as Official Identification in cattle and bison. N ...

Current federal aid programs announced earlier this month to dairy farmers are considered good first steps in helping them navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related demand issues, but more will be needed, according to the National Milk Producers Federation ...

On Friday, President Trump announced that help is on its way to assist farmers devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. “The Department of Agriculture will be implementing a 19 billion dollar relief program for our great farmers and ranchers as they cope with the fallout of the global pandemic," President Trump announced. "Ve ...

Last week, the USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced that milk producers will not be inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, RMA is extending inspection deadlines, waiving inspection requirements and authorizing more crop insurance transactions over the phone and electronically to help producers

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest dairy organization in the U.S., as well as the International Dairy Foods Association, have come together to ask Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue for help. Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF, said, “As most of the country shelters in place and large swaths of the foodservice sector come to a standstill, dairy sales outside the retail channels have p

Dairy farmers welcome the response by the USDA to the coronavirus crisis, but say more relief is needed. The National Milk Producers Federation sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue detailing the needs of dairy farmers during the crisis ...

National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern says his organization is ready to help dairy farmers meet the challenges brought on by the coronavirus. Those challenges can include impacts on both the domestic and international markets ...

Dairy farmers from the National Milk Producers Federation are in Washington, D.C., this week visiting with lawmakers. The visits are part of a fly-in calling for an agricultural labor bill that could be reconciled with a plan the House approved last year, providing the stable, secure labor force U ...

On Tuesday, the National Milk Producers Federation unveiled a redesigned website for the REAL Seal.  The website, according to the NMPF, seeks to help consumers avoid marketplace confusion regarding real dairy products and imitators.  This is...

On Tuesday, the Senate Health Committee advanced President Trump’s nomination to lead the FDA to the full Senate. The committee forwarded the nomination of Stephen Hahn as FDA commissioner, which the dairy industry said represents another step towards greater transparency in the use of dairy terms in the marketplace.  ...