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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 31, 2025
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.
Through its first three years, the Biden administration has been moving – quickly in some cases, more slowly in others – to implement its regulatory agenda, the success of which will depend in large part on what happens in 2024.
The U.S. lost its latest dispute with Canada over the country’s operation of a tariff rate quota for dairy imports under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to a Friday announcement from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
A key dairy-state lawmaker and Senate Agriculture Committee member hopes the 2023 farm bill will help expand rural broadband service, and he also believes that it's also critical for Congress to address ag labor needs.
Despite disappointing results in its first year, supporters of a program designed to get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shoppers to buy more low-fat and non-fat milk hope that an expansion of the program will yield better results and lay the groundwork for continued investment in the next farm bill.
Senior leadership from the International Dairy Foods Association and National Milk Producers Federation met Tuesday with top officials with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service to share concerns regarding the agency’s proposed cuts to Women, Infants and Children benefits for milk and dairy purchases.
Agricultural labor solutions failed to get included in the final omnibus language released Monday, leaving agricultural groups empty-handed in their search for action before the current Congress ends.
Members of the International Dairy Foods Association have been on Capitol Hill this week making their case for the Senate to reach agreement on ag labor reform.
