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News Release: 9/1/2020
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ARLINGTON, VA -- The critical role that U.S. dairy exports play in Wisconsin's economy and beyond took center stage at a virtual town hall today. This town hall was co-hosted by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and Farmers for Free Trad
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News Release: 8/26/2020
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ARLINGTON, VA -- A bipartisan group of 25 Senators today sent a letter identifying challenges with implementing several dairy-related provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Underscoring USMCA’s importance to the dairy industry, the letter asks the U.
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News Release: 12/14/2021
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ARLINGTON, VA - Robert Chesler, CEO of the United Dairymen of Arizona, emphasized the importance of securing new market access opportunities through bilateral or multilateral Free Trade Agreements during a virtual town hall organized today by Farmers for Free Trade (FFT). For American dairy farmers
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News Release: 11/12/2022
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ARLINGTON, VA – A high-level delegation co-led by USDEC President & CEO Krysta Harden and Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) Chair Marilyn Hershey this week showcased U.S. dairy’s key contributions to global climate and food security goals at the United Nations Climate Change Conferenc
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News Release: 12/13/2023
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Missouri dairy farmer Alex Peterson, right, is USDEC’s new chair. Becky Nyman, left, a California dairy farmer, was elected as vice chair. In this June USDEC photo, they hold up Calli ice cream cups (made with U.S. milk protein concentrate) while in Southeast Asia on a USDEC-sponsored farme
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News Release: 3/20/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), and Guatemalan Dairy Development Association, ASODEL, signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday that will strengthen ties between the U.S. and Guatemalan dairy industries as they advoc
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News Release: 4/3/2025
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“President Trump’s commitment to addressing certain unfair and harmful trade policies that American dairy farmers and manufacturers have long faced in the global marketplace can yield positive results if the tariffs announced today are used as leverage to remedy the various trade barrie
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News Release: 05/09/2016
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. dairy industry today urged the White House to challenge a World Health Organization (WHO) proposal that would discourage the consumption of dairy products by young children, advice that contradicts the recommendations of respected national and global health organiza
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News Release: 03/02/2016
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ARLINGTON, Va. - The dairy industry today thanked the U.S. government for its extensive work aimed at securing clarifications regarding the right to use several generic cheese names in exports to Honduras while also establishing a better model for how Central American countries can more reliably pro
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News Release: 09/28/2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Japan's agriculture officials must respect current market access between Japan and its trading partners, including the United States, when reviewing a list of geographical indications (GIs) proposed by the European Union (EU), or else risk disrupting one of the world's largest con