Source: Bill Tomson, AGRI-PULSE, 8/12/16

The National Milk Producers Federation is asking USDA to spend between $100 million and $150 million to buy cheese off the market to help out dairy farmers who are suffering from record low prices, weak exports and strong domestic supplies.
“In light of the damaging cost-price squeeze affecting many of the nation's dairy farmers, I am writing to urge you to examine all available avenues to provide assistance,” Jim Mulhern, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. 

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