National Milk Producers Federation

President Bush signed S. 2120, the Milk Regulatory Equity Act into law on April 11th, with the provisions in the legislation becoming effective May 1. Once that happens, the USDA will make three substantial changes to Federal Milk Marketing Orders. More ...

Through coordinated industry efforts, the CWT program has been able to make substantial exports in the first few months of 2006. Thus far, CWT has exported the milk equivalent of 118 million pounds through butter sales. More ...

President Bush last week nominated the current U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Portman, to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To fill Portman's position, the President nominated Portman's deputy, Susan Schwab, to serve as the new U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). More ...

A six-year-old Holstein cow in the Canadian province of British Columbia was confirmed as the fifth native born case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, according to Canadian officials. This is the second new BSE case discovered in Canada in 2006. More ...

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that payments under the extended Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC) have begun. The MILC payment program was extended through September 2007. More ...

NMPF is pleased to announce that Humboldt Creamery is joining the 33 other member cooperatives to become NMPF's 34th member. Humboldt Creamery is based in Fortuna, CA, and was founded in 1929 with 85 dairy farming families. More ...

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