NMPF Senior Vice President for Policy Strategy and International Trade Jaime Castaneda says the U.S. needs to be careful in how it handles concerns about trade with Mexico of seasonal agricultural products, given the ripple effect Mexican trade has across agriculture. Castaneda also discussed the USMCA trade agreement, dairy sales to China and other issues on the “Adams on Agriculture” podcast.
Author: Alan Bjerga
NMPF’s Bjerga on USMCA, Need for Disaster Assistance
NMPF’s Senior Vice President of Communications, Alan Bjerga, discusses a Senate effort to keep Canada and Mexico accountable on USMCA dairy provisions, as well as the need for additional dairy disaster assistance including USDA commodity purchases, on RFD-TV.
NMPF’s Morris Says USMCA Must Be Protected
NMPF’s vice president for trade, Shawna Morris, talks about the importance of enforcing the dairy provisions of the USMCA trade agreement, including access to Canada’s market and the protection of common cheese names in Mexico, on the Adams on Agriculture podcast.
CCFN’s Castaneda Discusses Why Cheese Names Should Be Left Alone
Jaime Castaneda, the executive director of the Consortium for Common Food Names, discusses why nontariff barriers against cheeses that use common terms like havarti in their names harm American farmers, limit choices for consumers and have put farming and manufacturing jobs across an essential sector at risk. The chat on the “Adams on Agriculture” podcast comes in the wake of a Senate letter last week in which 61 U.S. senators asked for more protection of feta, parmesan and other common food names.
NMPF’s Bleiberg Breaks Down Congressional Plans for Dairy
Paul Bleiberg, NMPF’s vice president for government affairs, discusses where congressional assistance for dairy producers may be heading in the “Adams on Agriculture” podcast. Challenges include: appropriate aid for farms of differing sizes and structures; the extent of USDA food purchases for nutrition programs; and just where the Senate lands with its final package.
NMPF’s Detlefsen Discusses the Dietary Guidelines
Clay Detlefsen, NMPF’s senior vice president for regulatory affairs, discusses the science behind the Dietary Guidelines report released this week, as well as the report’s reaffirmation of dairy’s nutritional value. Detlefsen spoke on the “Adams on Agriculture” podcast.
NMPF’s Bjerga on Dairy Trade and “Sharing Our Story”
NMPF’s Senior Vice President of Communications, Alan Bjerga, discusses the challenges of enforcing the new USMCA trade agreement for dairy; also, a discussion of NMPF’s new “Sharing Our Story” effort, highlighting how dairy farmers have faced the challenges of coronavirus, on RFD-TV.
NMPF Testimony at Global Climate Solutions Act Hearing
NMPF’s Bjerga on How Dairy Farmers Drove Their Own Recovery
NMPF Senior Vice President for Communications Alan Bjerga explains how farmer-owned cooperatives led production cutbacks that have driven dairy’s price rebound on RFD-TV.
NMPF’s Castaneda on Dairy’s Canada Concerns
Jaime Castaneda, NMPF Senior Vice President for Policy Strategy and International Trade, discusses concerns about how Canada may be reducing access to its dairy market through its use of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on the Adams on Agriculture podcast.
NMPF’s Bjerga on Dairy’s Dramatic Turnaround
Alan Bjerga, NMPF’s Senior Vice President for Communications, discusses the dramatic rally in dairy prices, how federal assistance has helped, the economic outlook for the sector and a potential shift in consumer habits, in an interview on WEKZ radio, Janesville, Wisconsin.
NMPF’s Galen Explains CFAP Payments
NMPF Senior Vice President Chris Galen discusses the ins and outs of payments under the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program on the Brownfield Ag News Network. An accompanying article can be found here.
