>Also, I assume the dairy industry is heavily subsidized by the US govnerment? Yes, a few different ways. The reason we have a cheese surplus to begin with tho

>Also, I assume the dairy industry is heavily subsidized by the US govnerment? Yes, a few different ways. The reason we have a cheese surplus to begin with though is because of government intervention in 1976. Planet Money has a good episode about this: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/31/643486297/episode-862-big-government-cheese https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/31/643486297/epis...