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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 01/02/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 01 > 02 > 2019 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members:The first full year of The Next 5% plan has come to a close. With two months of data to go, U.S. dairy exports were on track to rise from the equivalent of 14.7 percent of U.S. milk solids in 2017 to more than 16 percent—a record high.Your commitment to overseas markets w
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Market Commentary 07-06-17
Research & Data > Market Information > Market Commentary Archives > Market Commentary > Market Commentary 07 06 17 - by Alan Levitt
Robust exports to Mexico, including record shipments of cheese, drove total U.S. dairy export value to a two-year high in May. U.S. exports were $508.9 million, up 34 percent from a year ago. Exporters shipped 169,648 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose, up 15 percent from last
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News Release: 10/15/2019
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 10 > 15 > 2019
CHICAGO -- The U.S. Dairy Export Council’s board of directors elected Texas dairy farmer Larry Hancock as its new chairman Tuesday. Hancock replaces Paul Rovey, an Arizona farmer who is retiring after serving seven years as chairman and 11 years as vice-chairman of the checkoff-funded USDEC.Wh
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 09/05/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 09 > 05 > 2019
U.S. Dairy is facing strong headwinds in China. Between the U.S.-China trade war and the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic that has decimated the nation’s pig herd (and demand for feed), U.S. dairy shipments to China have plummeted over the past 13 months.The following new USDEC analysis by
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 09/11/2019
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 09 > 11 > 2019 X12555 - by Vikki Nicholson-West and Jonathan Gardner
On Oct. 16, the day after the Fall Board of Directors and Annual Membership Meeting in Chicago, USDEC will hold a special, day-long halal seminar for members titled, “Making Halal Work for You.” Once considered necessary for only select, predominantly Muslim markets for U.S. dairy prod
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 1/15/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 1 > 15 > 2020 - by Tom Vilsack
Dear USDEC Members, After months of high-stakes negotiations, the United States and China signed a Phase One trade deal today. The ink has barely dried on the document. But I wanted our members to have information as soon as possible. You are understandably wondering what this means for our industry
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Member Alert - May 12, 2025
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert May 12 2025
China: Following negotiations held over the weekend, the U.S. and China announced this morning that they had reached an agreement to lower the "reciprocal trade" tariffs and retaliatory tariffs that were imposed on U.S.-China trade as of last month. The lowered rates will apply as of May 14. T
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News Release: 07/26/2017
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 07 > 26 > 2017
U.S. trade deals have delivered benefits across the entire dairy chain WASHINGTON, D.C. - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is undisputedly the U.S. dairy industry's most important trade deal, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Dairy Export Council president and CEO, told a House Agriculture Comm
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Global Dairy eBrief Exclusive 6/18/2020
Member Services > Periodicals > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusives Articles > Global Dairy Ebrief Exclusive 6 > 18 > 2020 - by Alan Levitt and William Loux
Analysts Al Levitt and William Loux are back again this week for the second episode of Market Talk - USDEC's new video series. Each episode, available only to USDEC members, our analysts talk markets, trade trends, U.S. export performance and the drivers we see in the world. And they'll drill down
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News Release: 3/22/2021
Newsroom > News Releases > News Releases Archives > News Release 3 > 22 > 2021
Arlington, VA - The prosperity of America's nearly 32,000 dairy farmers and the jobs of three million Americans tied to the U.S. dairy sector relies on expanded trade opportunities and robust trade-rights enforcement, executives from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy