Dairy Management Inc. is an American

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funded primarily by the U.S.

Dairy Promotion Program The Dairy Promotion Program or National Dairy Checkoff is a US commodity checkoff program for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education as part of a comprehensive strategy to increase human consumption of milk and dairy products and ...

, itself funded by government-mandated checkoff fees on

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s and federal tax dollars and dedicated to promoting the sale of American-made dairy products. It also operates under the names Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, American Dairy Association, National Dairy Council and U.S. Dairy Export Council. Dairy Management Inc. was incorporated in 1995 as a nonprofit corporation by members of the

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board The Dairy Promotion Program or National Dairy Checkoff is a US commodity checkoff program for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education as part of a comprehensive strategy to increase human consumption of milk and dairy products and ...

and the United Dairy Industry Association. It is a marketing creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is funded by

government-mandated fees on dairy products and by general federal tax dollars via the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The corporation has 162 employees and a budget of about $140 million It is headed by CEO Barbara O'Brian after long time leader Tom Gallagher retired from the post in 2021 Dairy Management is associated with the " Got Milk?" and "Real Seal"REAL Seal
/ref> 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

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. This initiative has been criticized by Dr. Walter C. Willett, chairman of the

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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

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also promoted by the

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Dairy Management Inc.
Official website Commodity checkoff programs American dairy organizations {{Agri-stub

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