In 2023, leadership defined NMPF.
Guided by the unanimous support of our member cooperatives, we led the industry through a challenging hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. We also led advocacy for improvements in the Dairy Margin Coverage program, successfully pushed against EPA overreach on emissions, and gained ground in the fight against FDA guidance on plant-based beverage labels.
These challenges continue in 2024, and we continue to fight. It’s the nature of Washington that nothing is ever truly “won,” because as soon as a victory is achieved, a competing interest analyzes the outcome and quickly creates a strategy to roll it back. But over time, through effective advocacy and diligent attention to the interests of dairy farmers and the cooperatives they own, we at the National Milk Producers Federation have established a track record of success that’s the envy of the ag-policy community. That’s through leadership. That’s what we do.
I am honored to take the reins this year with an organization that was ably led for the past decade by Jim Mulhern. This is the first NMPF Activities & Accomplishments report presented under my leadership, and I couldn’t be more proud of the staff and farmer leadership that makes this organization go. I am proud of the work we do, and I hope these pages will provide you with just a few of the many reasons why.
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