USDA plans second cheese purchase to bolster milk prices

After meeting Wisconsin dairy farmers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the second government purchase of surplus cheese in two months to offset a 33 percent drop since 2014 in the farm-gate price of milk. As in August, USDA will buy $20 million of cheese for donation to food banks and poor people. The National Milk… » Read More

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