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IDFA and ABB partner to provide dairy industry with digital readiness

IDFA members get reduced-rate access to a suite of solutions to help them advance digitalization in their plants and facilities.

June 3, 2020

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the nation’s largest trade association representing all segments of the dairy industry, and ABB, a global technology company that is driving the digital transformation of industries, have partnered to offer IDFA members a suite of automated systems, applications and integrated solutions that will help them to advance digitalization within their plants and facilities.

Dairy organizations unite in calling to aid international neighbors in need

U.S. dairy supplies available for international distribution remain ample, making targeted food-aid shipped worldwide a promising avenue for helping populations struggling with localized hunger and the coronavirus crisis.

May 19, 2020

Leading U.S. dairy associations jointly urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use all tools at his disposal to “ensure high-quality, nutritious U.S. dairy products are made available to our international neighbors in need.”

IDFA applauds dairy recourse loan program proposed in HEROES Act legislation

The House is expected vote on the legislative package on May 15.

May 14, 2020

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), released a statement on May 14 on the Recourse Loan Program for Commercial Processors of Dairy Products in the HEROES Act legislation.

Dairy groups warn EU against market-distorting practices

A coalition of dairy organizations from 11 countries joined together in urging the EU not to repeat the inventory-building and extended market-price suppression it engaged in a few years ago.

May 13, 2020

As the European Union (EU) is poised to begin government-financed intervention purchases of skim milk powder (SMP) and butter, dairy farmers and processors in key dairy-producing countries around the world are calling on the EU to avoid the market-distorting practices that have significantly harmed them and the broader global dairy market in the past.

Reps. Thompson and Evans introduce bill to extend tax relief to food supply-chain workers

IDFA said it applauds the bill’s introduction.

May 12, 2020

On May 12, Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (Pa.-15) and Dwight Evans (Pa.-03) introduced the “Assistance and Gratitude for Coronavirus Heroes in Agribusiness who are Invaluable to the Nation,” or the AG CHAIN Act.

USDA announces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program for producers

The program will include a $3 billion purchase by USDA of dairy products, produce and meat.

April 20, 2020

On April 17, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).

IDFA, other food industry associations ask for tax relief for key essential workers

The organizations sent a letter to President Trump on April 10.

April 15, 2020

Following an April 3 letter to congressional leadership urging targeted financial aid be provided through the next coronavirus relief package to workers in the critical food industry, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and other food industry associations sent a letter to President Donald Trump homing in on a key recommendation.

The coronavirus and the dairy industry: an IDFA update

While this outbreak and IDFA’s response shift by the day, the association is working on five key issues in Washington.

Michael Dykes

March 25, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we have known it for most Americans, the U.S. dairy industry — from our farmers to our truckers to our processors and our grocers — has diligently persisted in providing Americans with the safe, nutritious, high-quality dairy products they rely on.

IDFA names Joseph Scimeca senior vice president, regulatory and scientific affairs

Scimeca is a food safety expert and toxicologist by training.

March 2, 2020

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it named Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., senior vice president, regulatory and scientific affairs.

IDFA opens nominations for 2020 Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards

The program honors facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance.

February 4, 2020

The International Dairy Foods Association said it is now accepting applications for the 16th annual Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards, a program that honors facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance.