Dairy Management Inc.

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Dairy Management Inc.
FormationJanuary 1995;29 years ago (1995-01) [1]
Type501(c)(6)
36-3992031 [1]
Location
  • Rosemont, Illinois
Revenue (2015)
$148,169,115
Website www.usdairy.com

Dairy Management Inc. is an American trade association funded primarily by the U.S. Dairy Promotion Program, itself funded by government-mandated checkoff fees on dairy products and federal tax dollars and dedicated to promoting the sale of American-made dairy products.

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It also operates under the names Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, [2] National Dairy Council and American Dairy Association [3] as well as U.S. Dairy Export Council.

The USDA regulates DMI's promotion of milk in the domestic market, but does not fund it directly. [4]

History

The forerunner of Dairy Management Inc. was the National Dairy Council founded in 1915 by dairy farmers and processors when a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak threatened their image. [3]

In 1940, farmers had founded the American Dairy Association (forerunner: the Dairymen’s Union of California, founded in 1891 [5] ) to promote U.S. milk products to consumers through advertising. They merged it with the National Dairy Council in 1970. [3]

In 1983, the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board was created through Congress. [3]

In 1995, Dairy Management Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit corporationn by members of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and the United Dairy Industry Association. [6] In 1995, DMI created the U.S. Dairy Export Council. [3]

DMI has been called a marketing creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [7] As of 2011, it was mainly funded by Dairy Promotion Program government-mandated fees on dairy products; the U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates DMI's promotion of milk in the domestic market, and does not fund it directly, [4] but USDA funds the U.S. Dairy Export Council for overseas promotion. In 2010, the corporation had 162 employees and a budget of about $140 million, 5 of which came from the USDA. [4]

In 2021, Dairy Management Inc. was headed by CEO Barbara O'Brian after long time leader Tom Gallagher retired from the post.[ citation needed ]

Activities

Dairy Management is associated with the "Got Milk?" [8] and "Real Seal" [9] campaigns and works with industry to develop products that increase consumption of milk and cheese. It also funds research into the benefits of dairy consumption. Dairy Management has successfully promoted increased use of cheese in prepared food products such as pizza.

The DMI website offers educational materials [10] such as dietary guidelines, protein, maintaining a healthy weight, lactose intolerance, and the connection between dairy and sports. They provide information kits to health care professionals.

DMI has funded academic research into the impacts of dairy, many of which show the positive impacts of dairy such as food safety [11] and human health. [12] DMI has funded new product competitions, such as the 10th Annual National Dairy Council (NDC) New Product Competition which in 2022 held the theme of "Innovative Dairy-Based Products for Gamers". [13]

Starting in 2009, it placed two dairy scientists at McDonald's to incorporate more dairy into the menu. [14]

In 2022, DMI partnered with Taco Bell. They launched a frozen drink consisting of dairy with Mountain Dew and created "a burrito with ten times the cheese of a typical taco". [14]

In 2023, DMI started a public relations campaign to promote butter. [14]

Criticism

In 2010, the milk-promotion initiative was criticized by Walter Willett, chairman of the nutrition department at the Harvard School of Public Health and a former member of the federal government's nutrition advisory committee, as being contradictory to the nutrition goal of reducing consumption of saturated fat also promoted by the United States Department of Agriculture. [7]

In 2014, Michele Simon exposed in a report how dairy industry and UDDA promoted junk food in the name of health. [15]

In 2024, Grist reported that marketing had worked and dairy consumption continued to grow, but it was dairy products and fluid milk decreased further, plus their added environmental footprint. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dairy Management, Inc. Form 990 2015". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "About the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "History of Dairy Management Inc". www.usdairy.com. 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  4. 1 2 3 McWilliams, James (November 17, 2010). "How Journalists Got the Cheese Lobbying Story Wrong". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Two Centuries Of Prominence And Personalities.The California Dairy Press Room & Resources". www.californiadairypressroom.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ↑ "History of Dairy Promotion". Dairy Management, Inc. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011. 1995 NDB and UDIA board members create Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) as the organization responsible for increasing demand for U.S.-produced dairy products on behalf of America's dairy producers.
  7. 1 2 Moss, Michael (November 6, 2010). "While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  8. ↑ got milk?
  9. ↑ REAL Seal
  10. ↑ "National Dairy Council: Health & Wellness". Nationaldairycouncil.org. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Stubbs, T.A.; Galer, C.D. (2020). "Symposium review: Recent advances in dairy food safety research: An overview of the National Dairy Council Listeria Consortium, industry identification, and funding of research gaps". Journal of Dairy Science. 103 (3): 2906–2908. doi: 10.3168/jds.2019-17337 . PMID   31668444. S2CID   204966201.
  12. ↑ Stylianou, Katerina S.; Fulgoni, Victor L.; Jolliet, Olivier (2021). "Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health and the environment". Nature Food. 2 (8): 616–627. doi:10.1038/s43016-021-00343-4. PMID   37118177. S2CID   238822934.
  13. ↑ "National Dairy Councilnew product competition targets gamers". www.dairyreporter.com. 6 September 2021.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Brown, H. Claire (2024-05-10). "Behind the 'butter board': How the dairy industry took over your feed". Grist. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  15. ↑ Michele Simon (2016-06-11). "Whitewashed: How Industry and Government Promote Dairy Junk Foods" . Retrieved 2024-11-17.
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