Lawmakers call for dairy industry rescue

LAWMAKERS CALL FOR DAIRY INDUSTRY RESCUE: Less than two months after the USDA spent $300 million to help the struggling cotton industry, another sector is in need of some relief. A bipartisan group of more than 60 lawmakers is asking the USDA to provide emergency financial assistance to the dairy industry amid depressed market prices, which are mainly the result of oversupply in the U.S., the European Union and countries in other parts of the world...    ...more

Ken Notes: We can make cheese, powdered milk, whey, and other shelf stable products. Also sending dairy based food to the third world is far better than sending money... The government could easily facilitate all of the above...