Dairy farmers ask $100–$150 million in USDA cheese-buying

To bolster milk prices and help keep dairy farmers in business, the USDA should buy up to 90 million pounds of cheese and donate it to food banks, says the National Milk Producers Federation. The purchase would cost $100–$150 million but would boost income for U.S. dairy farmers by $380 million over a year by marginally… » Read More

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