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• Dec 22, 2022

  News Release: 12/22/2022

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  ARLINGTON, VA –  The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today welcomed the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Doug McKalip as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). “USDEC commends

• Oct 6, 2025

  News Release: 10/6/2025

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  ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and The Indonesian Food and Beverage Industry Association (GAPMMI Indonesia) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to strengthen bilateral cooperation, support multilateral engagement and advance sustainable dairy trade bet

• Apr 17, 2019

  Market Commentary 04-17-19

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 04 17 19 - by USDEC staff

  Improved cheese shipments highlighted U.S. export performance in February.Cheese exports totaled 32,515 tons, up 16% from the prior year. On a daily-average basis, this is the second-highest total ever, falling just short of the record achieved in March 2014.   Sales of cheese to South Korea w

• Oct 2, 2025

  U.S. Dairy Protein Trade and Innovation Seminar

  Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2025 Event Pages > Us Dairy Protein Trade & Innovation Seminar

  New this year, Taiwan has been added as a key target market for conducting USDEC ingredient marketing programs with a focus on elevating health and wellness centric innovation opportunities with U.S. whey and milk proteins. A U.S. Dairy Protein Trade and Innovation Seminar will be held on October 2

• Oct 2, 2025

  U.S. Dairy Protein Trade and Innovation Seminar

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  New this year, Taiwan has been added as a key target market for conducting USDEC ingredient marketing programs with a focus on elevating health and wellness centric innovation opportunities with U.S. whey and milk proteins. A U.S. Dairy Protein Trade and Innovation Seminar will be held on October 2

• Aug 13, 2019

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 08/13/2019

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 08 > 13 > 2019 - by Mark O'Keefe and Margaret Speich

  "More, new and better” is not just a catchy slogan introduced by U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Tom Vilsack this year. It captures the thrust of what USDEC is doing for its members in markets around the world to push toward “The Next 5%,” the dairy industry goal to

• Nov 6, 2023

  U.S. Dairy Ingredients Seminar

  Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2023 Event Pages > Us Dairy Ingredients Seminar

  This in-person USDEC seminar for a select group of MENA region food and beverage processors. It will also include the opportunity for USDEC members to meet with buyers from these companies.  This in-person USDEC seminar for a select group of MENA region food and beverage processors. It will a

• Jun 21, 2018

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 06/21/2018

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 06 > 21 > 2018 - by Luke Waring

  Editor's Note: The trip described in this article occurred in May, before the United States announced June 15 tariffs on a list of Chinese goods. China retaliated with its own list that included tariffs on U.S. cheeses. Despite these developments, USDEC sees cheese exports to China as a long-term

• Feb 12, 2026

  News Release: 2/12/2026

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  ARLINGTON, VA — Ted Vander Schaaf, an Idaho dairy farmer and member-owner of Northwest Dairy Association, testified today before the Senate Finance Committee on the importance of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to the U.S. dairy industry and the improvements needed for the agreement

• Nov 20, 2018

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 11/20/2018

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Archives > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 11 > 20 > 2018 - by Nina Bakht Halal

  Middle East/North Africa (MENA) dairy import demand has come back very strong in 2018. In the first eight months of the year, imports of milk powder, cheese, butterfat and whey were up 15 percent from the prior year, and U.S. volume was up 62 percent. The region is characterized by rapid industria