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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
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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
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News Release: 10/4/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 10 > 4 > 2021
From NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern: "Dairy farmers welcome the launch today of the administration's new approach to the U.S.-China trade relationship given China's tremendous importance to global dairy markets. To date, China has delivered on the multiple dairy regulatory commitments they made
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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
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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
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News Release: 2/26/2025
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From Krysta Harden, President & CEO of USDEC: “We congratulate Jamieson Greer on his new role as U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Greer is a champion for American farmers and workers and will bring strong leadership to this critical agency. U.S. dairy exporters face
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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
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Member Alert - November 5, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert November 5 2025
Details were released today on the tariff détente reached between United States and China on Friday, Oct. 30. The truce resulted in an agreement to reduce some U.S. tariffs and subsequent Chinese retaliation and a commitment to pause the implementation of new fees on oceangoing vessels for on
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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
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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