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In reply to the discussion: U.S. dairy farmers dump milk as pandemic upends food markets [View all]yellowdogintexas
(22,643 posts)41. commodity cheese and butter have been around since the 1950s
All of our school cafeterias used commodity products for our lunch food. I think there were scheduled pickups for families who were getting the 1950s equivalent of food stamps
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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