Dear Phil from Dominos (and other industry bloggers),
Thanks for commenting on my blog...very much appreciated.
However, I'm still confused. When I went to the Dairy Management Inc website (http://www.dairyinfo.com/) there's nothing there but links to dairy promotions.
There's no email address, no board member names or annual reports. There's not even an email to contact anyone. There's just an address and phone number for Rosemont, IL, a bunch of links promoting dairy and the giant logo with all the dairy lobbying groups with a tag line that says, "DMI helps build demand for dairy on behalf of dairy producers....The dairy checkoff program......does not use any government or taxpayer dollars to promote dairy products in the United States."
Wasn't the USDA created to subsidize farmers (especially dairy)? Certainly appears to be an interesting "partnership" to me.
Sadly, American children have never been fatter or sicker and we can't seem to figure out why.
Common sense is not so common. - Voltaire
p.s. The Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) helps exporters of U.S. dairy products meet prevailing world prices for targeted dairy products and destinations. Under the program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pays cash to exporters as bonuses, allowing them to sell certain U.S. dairy products at prices lower than the exporter's costs of acquiring them. The major objective of the program is to develop export markets for dairy products where U.S. products are not competitive because of the presence of subsidized products from other countries.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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