Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Americans consumed on average 653 pounds of dairy products per person in 2019, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.
It’s good to know I’m above average, I guess? Everyone has an entire shelf for their cheeses in the fridge, right?
Americans like their cheese, butter, yogurt and ice cream. And with the innovation currently underway in the dairy industry for new food products and new ways to use dairy as a food ingredient, the U.S. dairy industry is poised to grow, according to the International Dairy Foods Association.
But we need a steady and reliable source of labor if it’s going to grow to meet the potential that’s there.
Support veterinarian mental healthÂ
The mental health and well-being of veterinarians has become one of the most important topics in the dairy community, with veterinarian suicides increasing. Zoetis encourages people in the dairy industry to help raise awareness and funds to support dairy veterinarians. Participants have the opportunity to recognize and nominate veterinarians in their life for a chance to receive a personalized jacket.
For every nomination Zoetis will donate to Not One More Vet â a nonprofit organization of 32,000 members. The organization helps veterinarian professionals and students struggling with mental health and wellness through education, resources and support.
1. Nominate your dairy veterinarian – or veterinarians. Visit HonorDairyVets.com through June 30 to submit a nomination for a dairy and-or cattle-mixed practicing veterinarian who has skipped dinner to help pull a calf, who leaves the farm with a sore shoulder after fixing a displaced abom
School Nutrition Association
ENCOURAGING MILK CONSUMPTION: Legislators ask Secretary Vilsack to allow for low-fat, flavored milk after he previously required only fat-free milk to be provided in school lunches. USDA could adopt school milk flexibility in the rule as a long-term solution to lower consumption of milk.
Suggested Event
Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Representatives Joe Courtney, D-Ct., and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Pa., led a bipartisan group of 55 members in writing to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to provide support for increasing dairy consumption for children by providing schools the freedom to offer low-fat, flavored milk as part of school meals programs.
Reps. Courtney and Thompson have teamed up before on this issue through the introduction of the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019.
Some dairy groups in the US are happy after the US advanced the first USMCA dispute panel on dairy, while others are still pressing for the dispute to be dropped.
Ambassador Katherine Tai said the US has requested and established a dispute settlement panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review measures adopted by the Government of Canada that it said undermine the ability of American dairy exporters to sell a wide range of products to Canadian consumers.
The US is challenging Canada’s allocation of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), specifically the set-aside of a percentage of each dairy TRQ exclusively for Canadian processors. These measures, according to the US, deny the ability of US dairy farmers, workers, and exporters to utilize the TRQs and realize the full benefit of the USMCA.