Items Tagged with 'Michael Dykes'

In a hearing before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, lawmakers, nutrition experts, and school officials emphasized the need to restore whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk to federal school meal programs.

The dairy industry always takes on its fair share of competition. Whether it is plant-based products, marketing campaigns claiming dairy is “unhealthy,” H5N1 bird flu, labor challenges, and more, dairy is really holding up well.

The bill would allow for whole (3.25%) and reduced-fat (2%) milk to once again be served in school cafeterias.

Mexico and Canada, U.S. dairy’s top two global trading partners representing more than 40% of U.S. dairy exports, each imported record values of dairy at $2.47 billion and $1.14 billion respectively. 

The dairy industry always takes on its fair share of competition. Whether it is plant-based products, marketing campaigns claiming dairy is “unhealthy,” H5N1 bird flu, labor challenges, and more, dairy is really holding up well.

During the opening night session, titled "Understanding Washington's New Agenda," McCarthy, a California Republican, revealed he had spoken to Trump during the prior day and often speaks to the president. 

On Jan. 23, senators on both sides of the aisle introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will allow for unflavored and flavored whole and reduced fat (2 percent) milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

The changes made to federal orders, including new make allowances in Class 3 and 4 milk price formulas and dropping barrel cheddar prices from the value of commodity cheese in the Class 3 price formula, will take effect June 1, 2025.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative reappointed Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), and Vargas, IDFA senior vice president of trade and workforce policy, to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Processed Foods, respectively.

U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-Minn.) expressed support for the new Congress passing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in 2025 during remarks this weekend at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) reported.