(NAFB.com) – The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council advanced a pair of partnerships in South America last week. The organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a prominent Brazilian milk producers association and renewed an existing MOU with an Argentine farmer organization. The agreements enhance cooperation between the United States and South American dairy industries, focusing on critical areas like the economic and social significance of the dairy sector and removing trade barriers affecting both producers and consumers. “Partnerships with like-minded organizations are crucial as we strive to promote the benefits of dairy on the international stage and tackle attempts to erect trade barriers throughout the Americas,” says Krysta Harden, president and CEO of USDEC. “Our engagements underscored the shared challenges and opportunities facing dairy producers and processors in the U.S., Brazil, and Argentina.” Gregg Doud of the NMPF says dairy producers in each country confront similar challenges.