Dairy Farmers back DOT's Mexican truck deal

WASHINGTON, DC -- The International Dairy Farmers Association (IDFA) threw its support yesterday behind the Obama administration's plan to resolve the U.S.-Mexico trucking dispute. In a written comment to the DOT's "Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions" the IDFA emphasized the importance of dairy exports to Mexico.

"Mexico is one of the U.S. dairy industry's most important export markets. Dairy exports to Mexico under NAFTA have increased at a steady rate over the past decade, becoming by far the industry's largest export market."

The proposed pilot program "is an important step toward a solution that will put an end to the retaliation against our industry's products," said Clay Hough, IDFA senior group vice president and general counsel.

--PRNewswire-USNewswire