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Support from dairy checkoff food scientists helped McDonald’s USA produce a reduced-sugar, low-fat chocolate milk that will be unveiled nationwide in January.

This October, USDA announced plans to purchase an additional $50 million in fresh fluid milk with Section 32 authority, further increasing support to the nation’s dairy industry when uncertainty with trade and low prices have created challenges for farmers and processors, said the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA).

On Oct. 23, the representatives of the organizations of milk producers and the dairy processors of Mexico, including Asociación Nacional de Ganaderos Lecheros, Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas, Gremio de Productores Lecheros de la Republica Mexicana, and Cámara Nacional de Industriales de la Leche, and the representatives of the organizations of milk producers of the United States, including National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council, issued the following statement on their fourth annual meeting:

Among the buzzwords we’ve seen pop up the most in 2019 are “superfoods” and “functional ingredients.”

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Arlington, Va., said its board of directors elected Texas dairy farmer Larry Hancock as its new chairman on Oct. 15.

Milk-based beverages for active kids and ready-to-drink lattes with collagen are among the nine finalists announced in the California Milk Advisory Board’s (CMAB) Real California Milk Accelerator dairy startup competition.

Borden Dairy said it entered into an official partnership with the Dallas Mavericks and American Airlines Center (ACC) in an exciting move to bring venue guests nutritious options for game and event nights.

HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., said its Agawam, Mass., plant received the first-ever Energy Star certification given to a fluid dairy processing plant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), receiving a perfect score.