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In reply to the discussion: U.S. dairy farmers dump milk as pandemic upends food markets [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)1. About forty years ago
the USDA paid dairy farmers for their surplus milk, and either reduced it to easily storable powdered form, or made it into cheese, and distributed it to folks hurt by the recession of the early 1980's. I'm surprised that isn't seen as an option today.
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My FIL gets cheese and powdered milk from the commodities program for seniors and low income.
Kaleva
Apr 2020
#11
If the farmers can't get milk to the dairies,they have to do something with it. The cows will keep
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2020
#5