http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/05/22/usda-announces-2008-09-allocations-for-the-deip en-us 40 Updates and information about the the trends in Dairy Markets <p>Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced allocations under USDA&#8217;s Dairy Export Incentive Program for the July 2008 through June 30, 2009 period, as allowed under the rules of the World Trade Organization. The program helps U.S. dairy exporters meet prevailing world prices and encourages the development of international export markets in areas where U.S. dairy products are not competitive due to subsidized dairy products from other countries. </p> <p>The Dairy Export Incentive Program allocations of 68,201 metric tons of nonfat dry milk; 21,097 metric tons of butterfat; 3,030 metric tons of various cheeses and 34 metric tons of other dairy products, as well as individual product and country allocations will be made available through Invitations for Offers. Country and region quantities may be limited by the invitation. </p> <p>For more detail, click <a href="http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&amp;PrNum=0081-09"> here</a>.</p> Fri, 22 May 2009 12:58:00 -0500 urn:uuid:dd4c20b4-d00d-4c6d-98d1-dbf7e6074d88 Brian Gould http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/05/22/usda-announces-2008-09-allocations-for-the-deip News