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February 2, 2018 CapitalPress.com Dairy Subscribe to our weekly dairy or livestock email newsletter at CapitalPress.com/newsletters 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador selected Dykes: Dairy industry needs to be at the table By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Online Capital Press To view the economic impact of dairy, go to IDFA.org un- der “Resources” and “Dairy Delivers” By GEOFF PARKS For the Capital Press SALEM, Ore. — Stephanie Breazile was chosen the 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess-Am- bassador at the 59th annual coronation and banquet at the Salem Convention Center on Jan. 27. She was chosen from a field of five finalists at the Sa- lem event that included Megan Sprute of Washington Coun- ty, Jessica Monroe of Yamhill County, Rachel Jenck of Til- lamook County and Donata Doornenbal of Marion County. Breazile is a 2015 graduate of Hillsboro High School and is in her second year as a student in the agricultural sciences pro- gram at Oregon State Universi- ty. She hopes to become a high school agriculture teacher when she graduates, and said her new title “will allow me to share my knowledge of the dairy industry throughout Oregon.” She was active in Hillsboro High School’s FFA program, holding several leadership po- sitions, including president. At OSU, she is an active member of Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority. Sprute, a 2013 Banks High School graduate, was chosen First Alternate. She is studying natural resources at Oregon State University, volunteers with Young Life and works part-time at a veterinary clinic near Portland. Jessica Monroe was chosen by the other contestants at the ceremony as Miss Congenial- 15 Geoff Parks/For the Capital Press Newly crowned 2018 Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambassador Stephanie Breazile speaks to the crowd at the 59th annual coronation banquet in Salem. ity. She grew up in Sheridan, where she was homeschooled, and represents Yamhill County in the Dairy Princess-Ambas- sador program. She now at- tends Chemeketa Community College. The Oregon Dairy Wom- en’s Dairy Princess-Ambas- sador Program has been pro- moting the dairy industry since 1959 in collaboration with the Oregon Dairy Farmers Asso- ciation and the Oregon Dairy Nutrition Council. Each year, the program centers contestants on a theme, which for 2018 was “Milk Takes You to the Top.” Breazile will spend the next year traveling the state mak- ing presentations at fairs, town meetings and public events touting the state’s dairy indus- try. At the end of her year, she will receive monetary awards that in past years have exceed- ed $17,000. A joint advocacy effort by the different sectors of the U.S. dairy industry brought successes this year on Capitol Hill and beyond, but the chief of the International Dairy Foods Association says the in- dustry must continue to band together to push the message of dairy’s economic impact. The different sectors have so many shared interests, and they came together to ac- complish several things this past year, Michael Dykes, IDFA president and CEO, said during a live-streamed presentation from the Interna- tional Dairy Forum. “I really think we’ll be stronger if we work together,” he said. The collaborative effort tackled everything from milk in school lunches, regulatory issues and farm bill policy to protecting generic food names in trade agreements. “If we don’t advocate for ourselves, we won’t be suc- cessful,” Dykes said. The effort has also had success in the U.S. trade are- na, with President Trump vowing to vigorously defend generic food names and the industry lending a strong voice to the discussion on the North American Free Trade Agreement. But there’s more to be done on communicating the benefits of trade, he said. The new administration has already withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership To view the economic impact of agriculture, go to feed- ingtheeconomy.com International Dairy Foods Association Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, speaks Jan. 22 at the International Dairy Forum in Palm Desert, Calif. and ended negotiations with the EU in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Part- nership. It’s threatened to withdraw from NAFTA and the free trade agreement with South Korea and has had se- rious discussions with China. There’s a lot at stake, as half of all U.S. dairy exports go to Canada, Mexico, South Korea and China, Dykes said. “These are important countries. These are import- ant discussions. We need to be at the table. We need to be advocating for the dairy industry,” he said. The industry is trying to tell its story, and its message is getting through to Trump and Congress in regard to NAFTA, he said. “But we must continue to advocate and communicate for our industry. … We’ve got to be aggressive. We’ve got to tell our story,” he said. That’s why last year IDFA commissioned a report on the economic impact of the dairy industry, he said. For the last 20-some years, “we’ve talked about trade in terms of market ac- cess. But if we look at the last election, most of the people in society don’t relate to mar- ket access,” he said. It’s more about two things — jobs and wages, he said. With data from the report, the dairy industry can tell the story that dairy supports nearly 3 million jobs and has an economic impact of more than $600 billion, he said. “That changes the conver- sation when you can go visit with an elected official, with a policy maker, and you can take those kinds of numbers to them,” he said. IDFA also joined with oth- er agricultural organizations to show the broader impact of agriculture — 43 million jobs and nearly $7 trillion in economic impact. In ad- dition, food and agriculture is the largest manufacturing sector in the nation, he said. “So when we take these kinds of data to policy mak- ers, these kinds of messages, we can have an impact,” he said. Trump emphasis on trade balance challenged By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press A panel of trade negotia- tors at the International Dairy Forum in Palm Desert, Calif., agreed there’s growing op- portunity in world dairy trade, given a growing population and expanding middle class. But they also agreed the current political atmosphere in the U.S. and the Trump ad- ministration’s position on trade could sideline the U.S. David O’Sullivan, EU am- bassador to the U.S., said he’s fairly optimistic “that the rest of us are moving towards in- creased trade liberalization and barrier-removing trade deals.” President Donald Trump has put a lot of emphasis on the balance of trade, other coun- tries selling more to the U.S. than the U.S. buys from them, said Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association. “We haven’t heard those kinds of arguments in the past,” he said, asking negotiators their view of the issue. “I’ll put it directly but not too harshly. We don’t see the world like that at all,” said Tim Groser, New Zealand’s ambas- sador to the U.S. New Zealand chooses to import product from fair trad- ing partners that have a surplus with New Zealand because it makes sense, such as importing most of its refined oil from Sin- gapore. And an opposite state- ment could be made regarding trade with countries that have a deficit, he said. “We look at our overall global current account deficit and surplus, and we address this with macroeconomic poli- cy rather than with trade poli- cy,” he said. In general, trade deficits and surpluses are driven by mac- roeconomic considerations, O’Sullivan said. “Respectfully, I think that’s much more the case of the United States’ deficit than it is elsewhere,” he said. That’s not to say there aren’t situations where people are be- having unfairly, he said. “I think we share common concerns about China. I don’t think any of us feel it’s a level playing field and we have is- sues with China that need to be addressed,” he said. But there needs to be a dis- tinction between addressing those who aren’t playing by the rules verses looking at the mac- roeconomic numbers of deficits and surpluses, which don’t nec- essarily identify who’s cheating and who’s trading fairly, he said. There are in fact cases of actors not playing by the rules, said Darci Vetter, former chief U.S. agricultural negotiator. “But it strikes me that the language we’re using in the U.S. to talk about trade is win- ning and losing, rather than a comparative advantage or find- ing opportunities to add value by using supply chains that are increasingly global,” she said. Trying to measure success in a global economy by an accounting with one trading partner is missing the bigger picture, she said. The U.S. has a trade deficit with Mexico. But it isn’t logi- cal to think with its 150 million people, Mexico could buy as much from the U.S. as the 350 million U.S. consumers can buy from Mexico, she said. Much of what the U.S. im- ports from Mexico are inputs to create something of greater value for export, adding jobs and new value in the process, she said. A bilateral trade defi- cit isn’t a very good measure of whether the U.S. is winning or losing at trade in general or even with a particular country, she said. From left, Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association; Darci Vetter, for- mer chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. trade representative; Tim Groser, New Zealand’s ambassador to the U.S.; and David O’Sullivan, delegation of the European Union to the U.S. Courtesy International Dairy Foods Association WE SPECIALIZE IN BULK BAGS! BAGS: • Seed Bags • Fertilizer Bags • Feed Bags • Potato Bags • Printed Bags • Plain Bags • Bulk Bags • Totes • Woven Polypropylene • Bopp • Polyethylene • Pocket Bags • Roll Stock & More! 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