Articles Tagged with ''IDFA''

Mexico and Canada, U.S. dairy’s top two global trading partners representing more than 40% of U.S. dairy exports, each imported record values of dairy at $2.47 billion and $1.14 billion respectively. 

The dairy industry always takes on its fair share of competition. Whether it is plant-based products, marketing campaigns claiming dairy is “unhealthy,” H5N1 bird flu, labor challenges, and more, dairy is really holding up well.

During the opening night session, titled "Understanding Washington's New Agenda," McCarthy, a California Republican, revealed he had spoken to Trump during the prior day and often speaks to the president. 

Along with more than a dozen U.S. dairy companies and food retailers teamed up today to deliver 3.5 truckloads of nutritious milk and dairy products and donate nearly $40,000 to the San Antonio Food Bank to address hunger in Southwest Texas.

On Jan. 23, senators on both sides of the aisle introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will allow for unflavored and flavored whole and reduced fat (2 percent) milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative reappointed Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), and Vargas, IDFA senior vice president of trade and workforce policy, to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Processed Foods, respectively.

U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-Minn.) expressed support for the new Congress passing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in 2025 during remarks this weekend at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) reported. 

In her new role, Minnick will manage content across IDFA’s communications products, event marketing and on-site logistics, and people-focused resource development and communications strategies. 

This summer, I had the pleasure of attending the Michigan AgroExpo show to talk about the political and economic trends shaping the dairy business environment.

On Sept. 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted a public meeting to gather feedback on its proposed framework for an enhanced systemic post-market assessment process for chemicals in food.