Articles Tagged with ''USDEC''

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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.”


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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.


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USTR rebukes Europe's unfair dairy trade practices in new report

USDEC and NMPF endorse USTR’s findings.
April 29, 2020

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), both based in Arlington, Va., said they applaud the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for firmly rebuking the European Union’s (EU) protectionist dairy trade policies in its annual U.S. Special 301 Report, released on April 29.


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U.S.-China partnership lays groundwork for dairy export growth

Innovation deal marks next step in multi-faceted approach to raise U.S. dairy profile in the world’s largest dairy-importing country.
April 2, 2018

Innovation deal marks next step in multi-faceted approach to raise U.S. dairy profile in the world’s largest dairy-importing country.


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Group seeks common sense in food names

May 14, 2012
Food producers and organizations from multiple countries have launched the Consortium for Common Food Names to stop efforts to restrict the use of generic food names, including such efforts by the European Commission.
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Exporting to Mexico is an overnight success, 20 years in the making

Trade with Mexico required a wide range of development activities, including retail and foodservice promotions, regulatory clarifications and trade policy advocacy.
Tom Suber
March 18, 2012
A week or so before Thanksgiving 2011, Mexico became our first billion-dollar overseas market. It was like watching our first-born go through a graduation ceremony — the satisfying reward after years of careful nurturing.
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Dairy Foods Can Promote Healthy Aging

Sharon Gerdes Health and Wellness editor of Dairy Foods
Sharon Gerdes
January 13, 2012
The first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011. As more of the boomer generation reaches retirement age, the number of consumers 65-plus in the United States will burgeon from 40 million in 2010 to 72 million in 2030. Similar statistics can be seen around the world, with the highest percentages of seniors in Japan and Western Europe, and the highest population of seniors in China, whose citizenry swelled to 132 million people age 65-plus in 2011.
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U.S. Cheesemakers Fare Well at UK Competition

January 11, 2012
United States cheesemakers came away with 85 medals at the World Cheese Awards, the most ever for U.S. entrants in the competition. Hundreds of cheese companies worldwide participated, sending more than 2,500 cheeses to Birmingham, England, where they were judged by a field of more than 200 expert tasters from around the world.
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