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Vietnam signed a decree unilaterally lowering tariffs on key dairy products and ingredients, including skim milk powder, whole milk powder, cheese, milk albumin and protein isolate.

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and checkoff partner Pizza Hut joined forces to give away half a million pizzas to Class of 2020 high school graduates.

Brian Sharoff, president of the New York-based Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), passed away on May 23 after a brief illness, according to a statement issued by Tim Simmons, PLMA’s vice president, communications.

In a May 19 Zoom discussion — the latest in FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women “conversations with” series — Beth Ford, CEO of Arden Hills, Minn.-based cooperative Land O’Lakes Inc., stressed that employees need to come first during the current coronavirus crisis.

Skyr company Icelandic Provisions announced the launch of its partnership and social media fundraiser for Frontline Foods, a grassroots organization that supports local independent restaurants and works with them to feed front-line workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN), U.S. Dairy Export Council, National Milk Producers Federation, North American Meat Institute, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and American Farm Bureau Federation said they commend the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a new examination guide published on May 15 that will help ensure generic terms are given adequate consideration and protection.

Leading U.S. dairy associations jointly urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use all tools at his disposal to “ensure high-quality, nutritious U.S. dairy products are made available to our international neighbors in need.”

All across America, there are young people making big differences in their communities, proving that you don’t have to be grown-up to step up.