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The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council welcomed the government of Colombia’s dismissal of a Subsidies and Countervailing Measures investigation into milk powder imports from the U.S.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025.

"Believe me, we have been increasingly conscious and listening to farmer input in terms of how they want that investment spent," said DMI's Barbara O’Brien.

Last week, the Senate unanimously passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, clearing a major hurdle toward restoring whole and 2% milk options in school meal programs.

Brian Rexing, an Indiana dairy farmer and member of the Dairy Farmers of America cooperative, was chosen as the 15th chairman at the National Milk Producers Federation’s Joint Annual Meeting.

The U.S. dairy markets haven’t seen the typical butter bounce as demand typically picks up ahead of the upcoming holiday season.

The dairy checkoff has introduced “Smart Swaps,” a dairy-focused initiative designed to help schools meet evolving nutrition standards and student expectations.

Jekanowski said that was based on increased higher cow inventories, add more milk per cow.

Thanks to the USDA June Milk Outlook, the milk production forecast for 2025 and 2026 were increased.   “For 2025, this is mainly just kicking off the latest milk production report, and that's driven by higher cow inventories and then into 2026, we're expecting to see some increase in milk per cow as well. Supportin...

Groups like the National Milk Producers Federation and others applauded the Senate Ag Committee for supporting, by voice vote, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.  The bill’s markup is a critical first step in passing the bipartisan legislation, which has already been approved at the House committee level.   “...