IDFA in the News
July 16, 2010
CNN: Five flavors Frozen out at Baskin-Robbins
The U.S. ice cream industry generates more than $21 billion in annual sales, and about 9 percent of all the milk produced by U.S. dairy farmers is used to produce ice cream, according to the International Dairy Foods Association.
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MarketWatch Asks, 'A Double-Dip Recession for Ice Cream Industry?'
This is National Ice Cream Month, and MarketWatch interviewed Peggy Armstrong, IDFA director of communications, regarding production and flavor trends. Almost one in three consumers say vanilla is their favorite flavor, followed by one in ten choosing chocolate.
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Agra-Net.com: U.S. Dairy Groups Impatient for Action on FTAs
The three principal Washington-based dairy industry organisations have urged members of Congress to work with President Barack Obama's administration to remove impediments that preclude a "rapid implementation" of free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
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July 9, 2010
Cheese Market News: Industry addresses dairy’s role in 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines
WASHINGTON - Groups including the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the National Dairy Council (NDC) and the Organic Trade Association (OTA) at a meeting here on Thursday presented comments on the proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines recently released by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC).
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March 12, 2010
Food Idealism Won't Solve Obesity Challenge, Tipton Says
With the drumbeat on obesity growing ever louder, the food industry often appears to be under siege by people with idealistic agendas about food, explained Connie Tipton in her latest Cheese Market News column. "Okay, maybe it would be nice if we all had the time and place to grow our own food or were able to buy only from our local farmers, but th...
READ MORE ››February 3, 2010
President's New Budget Has Implications for Dairy
IDFA's analysis of the administration's 2011 budget was posted on Agweb.com. President Obama submitted the first formal budget of his administration to Congress on Monday. Overall, he proposes spending more than $4.3 trillion with receipts of about $2.1 trillion, leaving a deficit for the coming year of $1.4 trillion. Several of the programs receiving funding will have implications for the dairy industry.
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December 31, 2009
Tipton Says "Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010" in Cheese Market News
In the December 25 issue of Cheese Market News, IDFA President and CEO Connie Tipton's column takes a look at the best and worst of 2009. She outlines the top five "bad ideas" that the industry was able to avoid, along with six positive and collaborative actions that emerged. Read the full column to learn what Tipton sees as the top five facts that...
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September 8, 2009
Tipton Calls Amendment "Cash for Clunkers in Reverse"
In her August 28 column in Cheese Market News, IDFA President and CEO Connie Tipton called on legislators to rethink the Sanders Amendment, which passed in the Senate prior to the August recess. Although the amendment is intended to help dairy farmers, Tipton said raising farm milk prices would make dairy products less affordable and lessen demand ...
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