DATCP Appoints Aileen Switzer as Assistant Deputy Secretary

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski has appointed Aileen Switzer as DATCP’s Assistant Deputy Secretary. In her current role as Division of Budget and Strategic Initiatives Administrator, Switzer oversees the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s performance improvement program, biennial budget, and federal transportation issues.

“Aileen has a strong background in public sector budget, operations, and management,” said Secretary Romanski. “The DATCP team works to serve as a resource to the industry and citizens of the state. Aileen’s results-driven approach will benefit the agency’s commitment to strategic initiatives and stakeholder engagement, and I am glad she is bringing her talents to DATCP.”

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Dairy Farmers of America Is Turning Up The Heat With A New Campaign Featuring The “DFA Nerd Herd”

Milk is the ultimate heat cutter for spicy foods. This June Dairy Month, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is turning up the heat with a new ad campaign featuring the “DFA Nerd Herd” that will show milk doesn’t just cut the heat in spicy foods, but it also can help protect the environment by cutting the heat that methane emissions trap in the planet.

China continues to add beef to dinner plate

Amid all the recent market drivers affecting beef and cattle markets — the pandemic, drought, inflation and high feed costs — it is instructive from time to time to step back and look at longer-term global trends in meat consumption.

Using the supply and demand database from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, I considered the 12 largest markets in terms of domestic consumption for each of beef, pork and chicken.

The HPAI outbreak is finally fading in the U.S.

The worst U.S. avian influenza outbreak in seven years is finally fading away.

The USDA says that May saw the smallest amount of losses so far this year. Almost 38 million birds in domestic flocks have died coast to coast since February. Egg-laying hens accounted for three of every four losses, and egg prices have been almost double compared to last year.

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Here’s how much milk costs in 30 cities across the US

Ever wondered if the people in the next state over are paying the same price for milk that you are? Grocery prices in general have been rising nationwide and that includes the white stuff that’s been an American kitchen staple for generations.

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