U.S. Dairy Export Council

A coalition of U.S. dairy groups is urging the Trump administration to reach a trade agreement with Japan quickly. More than 70 dairy groups and companies sent a letter to Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week asking the administration to finalize a strong trade deal with Japan quickly...

The U.S. dairy sector is worried about access to the lucrative Japan market.  Dairy groups and officials are sending a brand-new, industry-funded study to Administration officials and members of Congress.  Politico says the study stresses the need for expanding market access overseas.  The report points...

Ask Tom Vilsack, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Federation, and he’ll tell you that the U.S. has an opportunity to increase already record high U.S. dairy exports, by expanding into the Middle East market.   “The Middle East is a place where there are very few barriers, very few trade barriers and very few sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, that you would find in other countries.  Th

Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has joined the board of directors of Feeding America, the nation’s largest anti-hunger organization. Feeding America represents 200 food banks across all 50 states in the country and provides food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. Vils...

Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is expected to become the next president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council when he leaves office later this month.  Vilsack has not confirmed the plans, but a source familiar with the intentions told Agri-Pulse Vilsack will take the place of Tom Suber, who retired at the end of the year from the Council.  Th...