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Last week, specifically Thursday the 18th, marked the one-year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s pledge to address dairy labeling issues regarding non-dairy products.  However, the National Milk Producers Federation said the process toward enforcement of current laws has slowed.   “...

Ask dairy leaders, locally and nationally, and they’ll tell you that the industry needs not only the USMCA to be passed, but the 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum to be removed.  Those tariffs they will contend negate any USMCA benefits.  National...

New consumer research supported by the dairy industry shows Americans widely disapprove of dairy terms being used by fake-milk producers and confusion on the nutritional content of milk versus plant-based imitators.  The national survey conducted by a global market research and consulting firm, found only 20% of all consumers said plant-based beverages should be labeled milk, as U.S. dietary gui..

According to the dairy industry, the 2018 Farm Bill, makes promised reforms to better serve dairy farmers.  The National Milk Producers Federation says the bill, being considered this week, provides support to a struggling dairy sector.   ...

International Dairy Foods Association President and CEO Michael Dykes gave his annual state-of-the-industry speech to the Dairy Forum in California recently.  One of his highlights focused on the unity between dairy producers and processors.  Th...

The nation’s dairy industry applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill last week that would help reverse the decline of milk consumption in schools. The National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association say the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017 would make permanent the administrative changes in the school lunch program proposed earlier this year by the U.S. De..

America’s dairy farmers are struggling through a round of low milk prices across the country.  Nationally, and around the world, dairy prices have fallen from recent record highs in 2014.  Chris Galen of the National Milk Producers Federation says prices have dropped drastically in the last 18 months.   “We’ve been...