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The International Dairy Foods Association is the leading opponent of the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, a supply management provision included in the Dairy Security Act.
May 9, 2013
More than 30 dairy foods manufacturers – including some of the largest food companies in the United States – have sent letters over the past week to members of the House and Senate, including key agriculture committee members, calling on them to oppose government-imposed limits on milk supply.
The association's letter asks the Department of Agriculture secretary to avoid or delay the impact of a 1949 law that could drastically raise milk prices.
December 28, 2012
The International Dairy Foods Association sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging him to avoid or delay the impact of a 1949 law that could drastically raise milk prices. The letter outlined legal options available to the government to avoid this "dairy cliff," which could impact the pocketbooks of millions of consumers and taxpayers.
The Dairy Market Stabilization Program as proposed by H.R. 3062, the Dairy Security Act, would manipulate both the supply of and demand for milk in order to push U.S. milk prices higher than open markets otherwise provide, says the president of the International Dairy Foods Association. "Given the importance of exports to our industry's ability to grow and create new jobs, it makes no sense at all for Congress to pass a new supply management program that will restrict our ability to be reliable suppliers and will negatively impact investment decisions by processors regarding new facilities," said Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO.