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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Should Reject Dairy Security Act WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I have been in Washington a long time now, and I am very concerned about the direction our nation is taking. Our government's deficit spending is not sustainable, and I commend Congress for its hard work in addressing this problem. But the way the super committee process is being used to enact the next farm bill is wrong. The Budget Control Act directed the authorizing committees to submit their "recommendations and legislative language" to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction by October 15. We now are a month past that deadline and only a week away from the deadline for completing the deficit reduction bill, and this farm bill has yet to see the ...
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did you know ...? - Each American consumes a yearly average of 23.2 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other commercially produced frozen dairy products. - The Northern Central states have the highest per capita consumption of ice cream at 41.7 quarts. - More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any other day. - The most popular flavor of ice cream in the U.S. is vanilla (27.8 percent), followed by chocolate (14.3), strawberry (3.3), chocolate chip (3.3) and butter pecan (2.8). - The average number of licks to polish off a single scoop ice cream cone is approximately 50. Sources: Mintel; NPD Group's National Eating Trends In-Home Database; Cowabunga Ice Cream History The history of ice cream and the cone: The true origin of ice cream is unknown. However, reports of fro...
...According to the International Dairy Foods Association, the U.S. ice cream indust...
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WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An economic review drawing from analyses of a controversial dairy market stabilization program shows that, if implemented, the program would slow U.S. job growth in agriculture, curtail the U.S. dairy industry's export potential and impede worldwide food security while increasing domestic price volatility. The economic review, "A Look at Dairy Market Price Volatility and Options for Dairy Policy Reform," was released today by the International Dairy Foods Association. Written by IDFA Chief Economist Bob Yonkers, Ph.D., the economic review examined all available data and published research on the proposed Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) included in a dairy policy package sponsored by the National Milk Producers Federation. NMP...
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Noted dairy economists say supply management would have kicked in nearly one-fifth of the time over past six years; spending for dairy programs "undetectable" when compared to all commodity programs WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two dairy economists recently released intriguing reports on the dairy provisions of the 2012 Farm Bill issued last month by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The reports indicate that dairy stakeholders may not be getting their fair share of Farm Bill outlays and that the Dairy Market Stabilization program included in the Farm Bill would have limited the milk supply to processors nearly one-fifth of the time over the last six years. The reports support the policy position taken by the International Dairy Foods As...
...The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), headquartered in Washington, D.C., represe...
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Urges Consumers to Tell Government: "Get Out of My Milk WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) launched today a new television and print advertising campaign to educate consumers about the negative economic impact of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, a set of regulations that gives the federal government control over setting milk prices.
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S. dairy farmers will be required to promote dairy imports WASHINGTON, March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association today expressed concerns about the impact that the implementation of controversial new assessments on dairy imports will have on trade.
