NPPC Critical of Dietary Guidelines and Dairy Production Down in February
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The National Pork Producers Council expressed serious concerns about the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s so-called “scientific” report.
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services,
NPPC Vice President Rob Brenneman said while pork producers are committed to supporting human health and nutrition with safe, wholesome, and nutritious protein, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee isn’t.
Brenneman says our nation’s health is at risk as these Guidelines inform all federal nutrition programs.
**USDA will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by the Trump administration’s push to overhaul the federal government.
The sum represents a tiny sliver of program funding the USDA suspended after the White House’s broad freeze of federal loans and grants last month.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the released funds will go to honor contracts that were already made directly with farmers.
**A slight drop in dairy production led to varied prices in February.
USDA reduced production by 400 million pounds based on recent Milk Production and Cattle Inventory Reports.
World Ag Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski said the month-over-month changes on prices are notable.
Jekanowski says cheese prices were raised $0.02 per pound, reflecting tight inventories, but we lowered butter $0.05 per pound.
Meanwhile, all milk prices fell compared to the month prior.
