Some 70 organizations offered input on the new Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s report during a meeting for public comments hosted by the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture last week. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) took exception to recommendations in the report that advise Americans to eat less meat. NCBA Nutrition Scientist and Registered Dietitian Shalene McNeill, … Read More
March Dairy Market Report
The March issue of the National Milk Producers Federation and Dairy Management Inc.’s Dairy Market Report is out. Farm milk prices and margins are falling sharply, but from such high levels that they are still near their averages in recent years. Also, U.S. prices remain stronger than those in New Zealand and Europe, which are suffering more from the slump … Read More
Seven Beef Checkoff Stakeholders Sign MOU
Seven of the eight stakeholder organizations represented in the Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Friday proposing several changes in the checkoff. The groups that signed off on the proposal are the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American National CattleWomen, Inc., the Livestock Marketing Association, the Meat Import Council of America, the National Cattlemen’s Beef … Read More
FDA States U.S. Milk Supply is Safe from Drug Residues
The Food and Drug Administration has just release a new report which states the safety of our nation’s milk supply and credits the regulations in place that keep drug residues out of milk. The National Milk Producers Federation has released the following comments in reaction to the FDA survey. The milk survey was released by the FDA’s Center for Veterinary … Read More
February 2015 Dairy Market Report
The National Milk Producers Federation and Dairy Management Inc. have just released their February 2015 Dairy Market Report. The dairy industry is moving further into the price correction that will define the first half of 2015. Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures markets indicate that U.S. average milk prices will hit the year’s lowest levels in March and April, while milk-price-overfeed cost … Read More
EPA and Corps Withdraw WOTUS Interpretive Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have at least ditched part of the WOTUS rule. The Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of Clean Water Act Section related to the proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) was officially withdrawn by EPA and the Corps in a memo last Thursday, January 29. Congress requested asked for … Read More
NMPF Shares CDC Study on Raw Milk
The National Milk Producers Federation said a new food safety study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presents a powerful argument against efforts to ease restrictions on the sale of raw milk to consumers. According to the study, which will appear in the January 2015 issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the average number of … Read More
Sign-Up Deadline for Dairy Safety Net Ends This Week
Dairy farmers have only a few more days to go to their county Farm Service Agency office and sign up for the new dairy safety net included in the 2014 farm bill. The deadline is Friday, December 5 for enrolling in the new Margin Protection Program, for the remainder of 2014, for all of 2015, or for both. Jim Mulhern, … Read More
NMPF's Dairy Data Highlights
What has 53 tables, 20 graphs and tells you almost anything you need to know about milk production, dairy product production and sales and dairy exports and imports? The answer is the 2014 edition of Dairy Data Highlights, the National Milk Producers Federation’s handy, pocket-sized booklet including national and state milk and dairy production data from the 1970s through 2012 … Read More
NMPF Comments on Immigration Policy
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) just released a statement on the White House Executive Action on immigration policy. NMPF President and CEO, Jim Mulhern said: “The executive action announced by the White House this week will not solve the current or future needs of dairy farmers. We still need congressional action, in the form of comprehensive legislative reform of … Read More