Articles Tagged with ''dairy''

Mass deportations top of mind for dairy industry

01/27/25 1:50 PM By Noah Wicks

Dairy producers are bracing to lose workers amid mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, making reforms to legal foreign worker pathways a major priority for the industry in the year ahead, International Dairy Foods Association CEO Michael Dykes said in a speech Monday.

UK fight over dairy misinformation a ‘teachable moment’ for U.S. ag

12/22/24 9:00 AM By Oliver Ward

A UK social media storm around a new feed additive to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cattle highlights the threat misinformation poses to global agriculture trade and technological progress and could be a harbinger of future challenges, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.

Colombia places new tariffs on U.S. milk powder imports

09/25/24 7:04 AM By Noah Wicks

The Colombian government has angered dairy groups by placing a 4.86% tariff on imports of U.S. milk powder for the next four months while it finishes investigating claims of domestic harm.

FDA proposes second round of voluntary sodium reduction targets for packaged, prepared foods

08/15/24 12:30 PM By Rebekah Alvey

The Food and Drug Administration has released draft guidance on its second round of voluntary sodium reduction targets in various commercially processed, packaged and prepared foods in its latest effort to address diet-related diseases connected with high-sodium intake.

Four commodities, four different approaches to climate-smart marketing

Varying rules, payment schemes define soy, dairy, cotton, rice projects

08/07/24 7:06 AM By Des Keller

Four major projects that are part of Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative showcase the varied approaches farm groups, companies and non-profit sponsors are taking to prove the impact of conservation practices on ag’s environmental footprint.

Daybreak July 24: Thompson open to informal negotiations with Senate Ag on farm bill

07/24/24 10:28 AM By Rebekah Alvey and Noah Wicks

House Ag Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson still isn’t giving up on passing a farm bill this year.

USDA tries to find how H5N1 avian influenza spread to dairy cows

04/24/24 7:15 AM By Steve Davies

Dairy cattle transported from Texas have been implicated in the spread of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus found in at least four of the seven states outside of Texas that have reported infections, according to states where H5N1 has been found.

HPAI detected in North Carolina dairy herd

04/10/24 5:39 PM By Steve Davies

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a dairy herd in North Carolina, bringing to seven the number of states where HPAI has been found in dairy cattle. The other states are Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Idaho, New Mexico and Ohio.

Future of US dairy trade to Canada remains uncertain after second USMCA dispute

12/06/23 6:22 AM By Bill Tomson

The first thing U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack did after the U.S. lost its second USMCA dairy battle with Canada was vow to keep on fighting – reminiscent of statements released by U.S. lawmakers and U.S. dairy groups, but that fight may be at an end after two exhaustive legal fights that both ended in a decision by a three-member dispute panel.

USDA lowers forecast for FY 2024 US ag exports

11/30/23 6:29 PM By Bill Tomson

The USDA’s Economic Research Service on Thursday lowered its forecast for U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year 2024 to $169.5 billion. That’s down $2.5 billion from USDA’s previous forecast in August and down $9.2 billion from exports in FY 2023.

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01.24.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 24, 2025: Frank Lucas on Trump administration, farm bill

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States Monday. We asked former House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas how this Trump administration could be different than the last and if farmers should be concerned about another trade war.

Then, Michael Marsh from the National Council of Agricultural Employers and Jonathan Coppess of the University of Illinois discuss how farm and nutrition programs may fare in federal budget cuts and how the executive order directing mass deportations could impact farm labor.

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