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California receives Dairy Business Innovation Initiative Award from USDA

The $1.8 million award from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service will be used to create a ‘Pacific Coast Coalition’ to support dairy businesses in California, Oregon and Washington in the development, production, marketing and distribution of dairy products.
November 11, 2021

The California State University and Fresno Foundation, in partnership with the California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC), announced the receipt of a $1.8 million award from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to create a “Pacific Coast Coalition” to support dairy businesses in California, Oregon and Washington in the development, production, marketing and distribution of dairy products.


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WCMA thanks USDA, Sen. Baldwin for investment Dairy Business Innovation Alliance

The investment of $6.13 million will go toward direct-to-business grants, free workshops, consultations and industry research for dairy farmers and processors.
November 11, 2021

On Nov. 11, the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), Madison, Wis., applauded USDA’s announcement of $20.2 million in support for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative, including $6.13 million for a program administered by WCMA and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR).


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Here’s to a boring and successful appropriations process

Last year was mercifully dull on the budget front, and it looks like FY2021 could, thankfully, be a repeat performance
Tony Eberhard
March 27, 2020
Boring is good, at least when it comes to the federal appropriations process that is about to begin anew for fiscal year (FY) 2021. When an appropriations bill makes it into the headlines, it usually means trouble.
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Dairy industry leaders visit Washington to advance dairy’s appropriations priorities

The group will spend time on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to increase funding for the SNAP milk incentive program, continue important research and collaboration on ice cream food waste solutions, and more.
February 26, 2020

On Feb. 26, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said dairy industry leaders from across the country were in Washington, D.C., to urge congressional leaders and appropriators to fund important research, a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) milk incentive pilot program, and dairy standards modernization at the FDA in fiscal year (FY) 2021.


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