Items Tagged with 'National Milk Producers Federation'

Representatives for the nation’s dairy producers and processors say New York City Mayor Eric Adams made the right decision by upholding a policy to allow flavored milks to be served in the city’s public schools.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is making it increasingly clear that he’s going to make it a priority to challenge the market power of big food processors and ag input suppliers. How far he ultimately goes remains to be seen. But he’s getting plenty of encouragement from both sides of Capitol Hill.

The Agriculture Department is releasing early the minimum requirements for a dairy donation program that's much larger than one authorized by the 2018 farm bill, as USDA and the dairy industry hope to avoid another occurrence of last year's market disruption and milk dumping.