Dairy Management Inc.

Dairy Management Inc. is an organization funded by checkoff fees dedicated to promoting the sale of American-made dairy products. It also operates under the names Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy,^[1] American Dairy Association, National Dairy Council and U.S. Dairy Export Council.

Dairy Management was incorporated in 1995 as a nonprofit corporation by members of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and the United Dairy Industry Association.^[2] It is funded by a tax imposed on dairy farmers administered by the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board.^[2][3] The corporation has 162 employees and a budget of about $140 million mostly funded by fees charged to dairy producers. It is headed by longtime chief executive Thomas P. Gallagher. ^[4]

Dairy Management is associated with the "Got Milk?"^[5] and "Real Seal"^[6] 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. This initiative has been criticized by Dr. Walter C. 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 government.^[7]

Government speech

Constitutional challenges to compulsory payment of fees to finance government funding of commodity marketing programs have been rejected by the United States Supreme Court which has declared:

"Compelled funding of government speech does not alone raise First Amendment concerns,"..."Citizens may challenge compelled support of private speech, but have no First Amendment right not to fund government speech."^[8]

See also

• Dairy Promotion Program

References

1. ^ About the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
2. ^ ^{a b} "History of Dairy Promotion". Dairy Management, Inc. http://www.dairycheckoff.com/AboutUs/Pages/HistoryofDairyPromotion.aspx. 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." 
3. ^ "Dairy Research and Promotion Program". United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateN&navID=IndustryMarketingandPromotion&leftNav=IndustryMarketingandPromotion&page=DairyProducerCheckoffPrograms&description=Dairy+Producer+Checkoff+Programs. Retrieved September 2, 2011. 
4. ^ Moss, Michael (November 6, 2010). "While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us/07fat.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print. 
5. ^ got milk?
6. ^ REAL® Seal
7. ^ Moss, Michael (November 6, 2010). "While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us/07fat.html. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
8. ^ Greenhouse, Linda (May 24, 2005). "Justices Say All Ranchers Must Help Pay for Federal Ads". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/politics/24scotus.html. Retrieved September 2, 2011. ""Compelled funding of government speech does not alone raise First Amendment concerns," Justice Scalia said, adding, "Citizens may challenge compelled support of private speech, but have no First Amendment right not to fund government speech."" 

External links

• Dairy Management Inc. Official website