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Dairy Groups Praise U.S. Negotiators' Perseverance in Reaching U.S./South Korea Free Trade Deal
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 [9]NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council expressed appreciation for the hard-fought free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea. The often intensive negotiations, which have been taking place since last spring, concluded April 1st. "Given strong Korean sensitivities on a number of agricultural commodities including dairy, we are pleased that we have an agricultural deal that will immediately help U.S. producers and manufacturers be more competitive in the Korean dairy market," says Jaime Castaneda, NMPF senior vice president and USDEC senior policy advisor. More [10] ...
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Federal Order Price Hearing Extended Again
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 [11]Last Friday, USDA concluded the second week of its hearing on the Class III and IV price formulas, with a third week of hearings to come this summer. Most testimony at the meeting in Indianapolis involved adjusting manufacturing cost allowances and yield factors, using CME dairy product prices instead of (or in combination with) USDA's product price survey, or applying all Class III skim component values to protein prices. More [12] ...
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Monsanto Takes Aim at Milk Labels
 [13]Monsanto Co. is asking federal authorities to crack down on dairies that make "deceptive" claims that the use of Posilac bovine growth hormone leads to unhealthy milk. Since Posilac was introduced to the market in 1994, Monsanto has been fighting a growing tide of marketing claims and public sentiment that its use is unhealthy for cows, human consumers, or both. The Food and Drug Administration and many academic researchers say all milk is the same, regardless of whether the cows that gave it received Posilac injections. More [14] ... |
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