(NAFB.com) – Dairy farmers from around the nation approved a new initiative to boost dairy exports and welcomed a new cooperative member, as well as new farmer-leaders as the National Milk Producers Federations’ Board of Directors meeting concluded this week. “It’s an amazing story if you imagine the millions of people who buy something we touch every day with our products,” said NMPF Board Chair Randy Mooney. “It’s not just at dinner, not just breakfast, but all day long because of what you can turn dairy into.” The board voted to implement a new member-funded export assistance program called NEXT, starting on July 1. The NEXT program will focus on supporting U.S. dairy exports in key markets around the world, including Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. A majority of the milk supplied to worldwide consumers by NMPF members is supporting the NEXT program with two cents per hundredweight through 2028.
