![]() That milk needs to get turned into something storable. "I anticipate that we'll continue to set these records," said John Newton, director of market intelligence at the American Farm Bureau Federation. Unable to sell that milk in pints or gallons - which Americans are abandoning, also in record numbers - processors plow it into cheese, butter and milk powder. The cheese was often from food surpluses stockpiled by the government as part of. The Washington Post reports that 1. Government cheese is a commodity cheese that was controlled by the US. They keep this cheese hundreds of feet below ground in converted limestone mines in Missouri. 6 The first dispersals of Government cheese were frequently moldy. And according to the latest numbers, that stockpile is larger than it has ever been. Posted 11:45 AM CDT A stock photo of a cheese storage facility (Getty - TraimakIvan) You might say Springfield, Missouri, is the cheese capital of America, not because it’s known. Now, they dont store this in warehouses or storage facilities. Better genetics mean that cows produce more milk, and consolidation means farms keep more cows. At the time of Ronald Reagan's signing of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, the cheese stockpile equaled more than 2 lb (1 kg) of cheese for each person living in the United States. At the same time, Americans typically eat less cheese now than they do during the holidays, the school year and the winter sports season.īut the summer surpluses are growing larger. Cows are at their most productive in the spring, when the days are longer and the feed better. "The issue this year is that, with so much supply, it's going to be tough for a lot of farmers to be profitable."Ĭheese surpluses do tend to grow at this time every year. "Milk production continues to trend up, and that milk has to find a home," said Lucas Fuess, director of market intelligence at HighGround Dairy, a consulting firm. Apart from a small dip in 2021 during the global pandemic, America’s stockpile of cheese has increased steadily over the last five years: Between April 2018 and April 2022, U.S. Cheese prices have fallen sharply, they say, eroding dairy farmers' already thin margins. Updated Last updated Ma10:15 am (EST) Summary The United States maintains stockpiles of medical equipment, petroleum, and other materials that the federal and state governments can. Some have grown concerned that stockpiles will build further yet if trade tensions with China and Mexico cut into cheese exports. ![]()
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