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News Release: 8/2/2024
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) advanced a pair of partnerships in South America this week. The organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abraleite, a prominent Brazilian milk producers associat
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World Cheese Awards 2023
Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2023 Event Pages > World Cheese Awards 2023
A truly global cheese event, the World Cheese Awards brings together cheesemakers, retailers, buyers, and food commentators worldwide to judge over 4,000 cheeses from over 40 countries. This year's awards will take place in Trondheim, Norway in October 2023. The World Cheese Awards (WCA) is on
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News Release: 04/25/2016
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Key Dairy Issues, Including Common Food Names, Must be Addressed WASHINGTON, D.C. – The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators to address the needs of agriculture – including key dairy issues – in any free trade agreement with th
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Member Alert - February 6, 2026
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert February 6 2026
Late yesterday the U.S. Trade Representative signed a U.S.-Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment that addresses several tariff and nontariff barrier concessions for U.S. dairy exports. A link to the trade agreement text can be found here and a factsheet outlining provisions of the a
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Market Commentary 12-05-19
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 12 05 19 - by USDEC staff
U.S. exports in October were paced by record shipments of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) to Southeast Asia, plus strong sales of cheese to Mexico and lactose to New Zealand.U.S. suppliers shipped 176,896 tons of milk powders, cheese, whey products, lactose and butterfat in October, almos
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News Release: 2/13/2026
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) thanked the House Committee on Agriculture for including three major dairy priorities in its updated Farm Bill legislative text released today. The framework includes the Safeguarding American Food and Export Trade Yields (SAFETY) Act, a
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Member Alert - November 14, 2024
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert November 14 2024
On November 8, 2024, both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued Federal Register (FR) notices proposing significant new fees for their services. Both proposals are now open for comments as detailed below. In addition to the opportun
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News Release: 7/3/2025
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ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today welcomed Congress’ significant investment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s trade promotion capacity, as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill, passed through Congress’ reconciliation process,
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News Release: 04/28/2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report on intellectual property issued Friday by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) outlined the Trump Administration's continuing commitment to curtailing the damaging abuses of geographical indications (GIs) - particularly by the European Union (EU). The
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News Release: 3/6/2023
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ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. lawmakers and food industry representatives gathered last Wednesday, March 1, on Capitol Hill for a bipartisan discussion on common food names in what turned out to be a landmark week in the battle to preserve U.S. food and beverage companies’ rights to use thos