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• Oct 11, 2017

  Business Plan Letter

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Business Plan Letter - by Tom Vilsack

  .Dear Members, Next week at the USDEC Board of Directors and Annual Membership Meeting, you will vote on the proposed 2018-20 USDEC business plan. We know most members read all or at least the portions of the plan that matter most to their respective businesses when we posted the original draft in

• Mar 25, 2015

  Market Commentary 03-25-15

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 03 25 15 - by Alan Levitt

  Global dairy market sentiment softened in the last few weeks, once buyers realized New Zealand’s drought fears were overplayed. Buyers are mostly covered for short-term and medium-term needs. The markets remain oversupplied. A drastic reduction in imports from China and Russia has left a surp

• Aug 18, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 8/18/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 8 > 18 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux

  Global trade posted historic growth in June - up nearly 19% on a solids basis. Demand was robust across all products, especially dairy ingredients, and from most importing markets in the Eastern Hemisphere. What drove the demand? We believe it was importers buying ahead, building cushion stocks. I

• Jun 18, 2020

  News Release: 06/18/2020

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 06 > 18 > 2020

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - An economic analysis published today shows the serious impact of the European Union's Skim Milk Powder (SMP) Intervention Program on the U.S. dairy industry-especially to U.S. farm-gate milk prices-in the years 2016-2019. The report authors conclude that the United

• Mar 6, 2019

  Market Commentary 03-06-19

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 03 06 19 - by Alan Levitt

  U.S. dairy exports reached a record-high volume in 2018, increasing 9 percent over the prior year, despite a slowdown in the fourth quarter. Suppliers shipped 2.188 million tons of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey products and lactose in 2018, and total dairy exports added up to 1.993 million t

• Jun 12, 2019

  News Release: 06/12/2019

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 06 > 12 > 2019

  ARLINGTON, VA - The World Cheese Awards (WCA) is one of the most respected competitions in the world attracting thousands of entries each year and your company's cheese could be among the contenders. Last year's edition drew in a record breaking 3,472 cheeses from 41 different countries, where

• May 31, 2019

  News Release: 05/31/2019

  Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 05 > 31 > 2019

  ARLINGTON, VA - After celebrating the removal of Mexico's retaliatory tariffs earlier this month and the momentum that lent to support passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the U.S. Dairy Export Council expressed serious concern about&nbs

• Jun 24, 2020

  Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 6/24/2020

  Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 6 > 24 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux

  Europe's storage program closes next week. Meanwhile, the lactose rally rages on. When Private Storage Aid was opened in April, it was expected that it would take meaningful quantities of product off the market. But as commercial markets rebounded, PSA became less attractive. Still, about 50,000 to

• Jul 1, 2021

  Member Alert - July 1, 2021

  Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert July 1 2021

  USDEC is asking for member input related to a new dairy safeguard investigation initiated by Colombia. On June 21, 2021, Colombia's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MCIT), Directorate of Foreign Trade, published its decision to initiate a bilateral safeguard investigation on imports of po

• Dec 6, 2018

  Market Commentary 12-06-18

  Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 12 06 18 - by Alan Levitt

  U.S. dairy exports were virtually flat on both a volume and value basis in October, undermined by a continued loss of sales to China since implementation of retaliatory tariffs. Shipments of milk powder, whey, lactose, cheese and butterfat to China were down 47% in October, while U.S. exports elsewh