The speech delivered by Michael Dykes on Jan. 22 is presented here.

After a sustained period of fewer wars and the fact that fewer people went to bed hungry each night, our world is experiencing an intense period of heightened global conflict with serious geopolitical consequences, altering our nation’s security. 

As our State of the Industry report, appearing last issue proves, milk sales are mixed compared to prior years. Total dairy milk sales totaled nearly $15.6 billion for the year ending Aug. 13. 

The program established by Congress in the 2018 Farm Bill and is one of the Department’s key nutrition incentive programs for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Michael Dykes discussed IDFA's commitment to professional development and empowerment for all people throughout their careers on Oct. 19 at the 2023 IDFA World Dairy Summit in Chicago.

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) recognized 25 dairy business operations for their outstanding achievements and improvements in worker safety in 2022, honoring them with the IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition award. 

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the Food and Agriculture - Information Sharing Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) announced a new strategic partnership 

Winners will also appear in the September issue of Dairy Foods.

ELEVATE will be a major theme of the event.

Last month in this column, I discussed how I believe concerns about milk-consumption declines are overblown. Although consumption has dropped since 1945 — a much different time — other segments of dairy have picked up the slack.