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USDA Ends Checkoff Funding for Climate, Carbon and ESG Initiatives
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • 1 PM
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is directing the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board to end dairy checkoff funding for projects advancing environmental, social and governance (ESG), net-zero and climate-neutrality initiatives, while ordering a review of all other checkoff programs for alignment with the policy.

