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When the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services released the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) in January, it was clear: Dairy remains an important part of the dietary recommendations.
Local dairy checkoff staffs are taking a proactive, comprehensive, integrated approach to sharing results, highlighting the dairy recommendations with health and wellness partners, industry leaders and other marketplace partners. Here are some examples:
In February, the dairy farmer leadership of American Dairy Association and Dairy Council Inc., Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program voted unanimously to create American Dairy Association North East (ADANE), effective March 1.
Producers nationwide know well the California Mastitis Test and the California Net Energy System. These now-commonplace industry tools began as research at the University of California, says Deanne Meyer, one of the university’s cooperative extension dairy specialists.
The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) has announced the lineup for its 2016 webinar series. These valued sessions offer attendees from across the U.S. and around the world access to high-quality information and interaction with industry experts.
The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy is one more tool the industry can use to assure the public dairy farmers and companies are doing the right thing.
Consumers increasingly want more transparency about the food they’re eating and how it was produced.
While world dairy markets remained highly competitive in 2015, the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) export assistance program helped its members capture contracts to sell American-type cheeses, butter and whole milk powder in key overseas markets.
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