Annual Meeting to Reflect Commitment to Policy, Market Improvements
November 5, 2025
NMPF’s members are ready to convene next week to review the past year and strategize dairy’s future in Arlington, TX for the organization’s 2025 Joint Annual Meeting held with the United Dairy Board and United Dairy Industry Association.
This year’s theme for the Nov. 10-12 gathering, “Driving Results for Dairy,” reflects policy and promotion group commitment to deliver tangible results for dairy farmers and their cooperatives across the dairy value chain.
Featured speakers include nutrition policy expert Nina Teicholz, author of “The Big Fat Surprise,” and dairy economist Dr. Oral Capps from Texas A&M University. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has also been invited to speak at the meeting.
Other general sessions will focus on immigration policy and what it will take for the dairy sector to achieve meaningful progress to improve the farm labor situation. Another general session will address the trade policy environment, at a time when shifting trade policies are affecting customer relationships around the world. That session will also provide an update on the start of NMPF’s new NEXT export assistance program. Speakers will explore fresh strategies, technologies, and partnerships that can open new revenue streams on the farm in a final general session.
Attendees may attend up to three of six different breakout session topics, including those examining the checkoff’s work with NMPF to ensure consumer sales and trust and how the groups leverage science strategically to secure positive positioning for dairy with key opinion leaders. NMPF-led breakout sessions will share the latest on dairy’s economic outlook for the coming year, along with a session on how farmers can best deal with immigration enforcement issues. More information can be found at the meeting website.
NMPF Young Cooperators are also part of the event, with a two-day track of YC events and educational sessions. NMPF’s Board of Directors also will elect a new chairman, as current Chair Randy Mooney will be stepping down from that position after 17 years.
This year’s annual meeting Dairy Bar is in a grand ballroom that allows attendees an opportunity to network, meet with our 2025 exhibitors, and enjoy the milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream donated by our Dairy Bar sponsors. The schedule also includes longer breaks to offer attendees more time to connect with each other at the Dairy Bar between sessions.
