USDA to Buy 11 Million Pounds of Cheese and Extend Dairy MPP Deadline

  • Agribusiness
  • 8/24/2016
The USDA announced yesterday that it will buy 11 million pounds of cheese for approximately $20 million to help dairy farmers combat a cheese glut. The 2014 Farm Bill had authorized the USDA to purchase certain dairy products when margins got low. Currently, the margins are not quite to that level, however, the USDA has certain flexibility regarding what they can do to help.
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