Inside U.S. dairy: Immigration, trade, MAHA and the Farm Bill
Published: October 16, 2025
Duration: 12:18
A skilled, year-round workforce, volatile trade winds, and a surprising turn in nutrition policy: that’s the terrain U.S. dairy is navigating right now. We sit down with Gregg Doud, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation and former U.S. ag negotiator, to map the levers that actually move the needle—from immigration reform that reflects 365‑day operations to trade strategies that depend on credible, USTR-sealed agreements.
Doud breaks down why H‑2A misses the mark for dairy, how House Ag Chair G.T. Thompson is uniquely positioned to shepherd bipartisan labor solutions, and what it reall...