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Beyond the silly joke of the title (which is sadly real, because the Argentine dairy cooperative is still waiting for payment of a $18 million debt incurred by its shipments of powdered milk many years ago to Venezuela), the sad news is that for the first time in decades, U.S. missiles have touched Latin American soil. The United States finally attacked Venezuela, and the president of the aggressor country, Donald Trump, announced the swift capture of the president of the attacked country, Nicolás Maduro. Argentina, despite not participating in any skirmish, is not a mere spectator of this crisis. The total and almost submissive alignment of Javier Milei’s administration with the United States clearly places it on one side. Brazil has been much more moderate and President Lula has even offered to be a mediator to avoid precisely the scenario that has precipitated this morning. Colombia and Cuba have been the first countries to condemn the attack, which brings the war tension to ...

In September of this year, a Russian company shipped $167,000 worth of ice cream to the United States. This figure is 1.8 times higher than last month and three times higher compared to September 2024. The last time Russia exported over this amount of ice cream to the United States was in April 2022, when the export value was $1.5 million. It is reported that the import of ice cream into the United States has increased since the beginning of the year. From January to September this year, the United States purchased $605,400 worth of Russian ice cream, which is one-third higher than the same period last year. Meanwhile, three years ago, the amount of ice cream purchased by the United States from Russia reached millions of dollars. In 2022, the total supply of ice cream from Russia to the United States reached $8.4 million.

[Korean Farmers' Newspaper, Reporter Ikino] Warning signs are growing in the domestic dairy industry, with a decrease in the use of edible oil and a backlog of powdered milk inventory. Particularly, as the decrease in milk consumption coincides with a move by dairy companies to reduce production, voices are emerging that measures need to be urgently prepared as from next year, sterilized milk from the U.S. and the EU will be imported without tariffs. Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Dairy Promotion Association published the '2025 Dairy Statistical Yearbook'. The analysis indicates that the entire dairy industry is facing a red light in terms of production base, raw milk supply and demand, and dairy product consumption. According to the Dairy Statistical Yearbook, as of December 2024, the number of dairy farms is 5,392.