Are farmers really dumping milk even as grocery stores are short of it? And are production limitations on liquid milk to blame? We checked it out.
MILWAUKEE - Soaring milk production and plummeting consumption have dealt a series of devastating blows to Wisconsin dairy farmers in recent years.Shuttered schools and restaurants have cut off much of the demand for dairy, even as panicked shoppers bought out milk and other dairy products — and just about everything else in sight — as the quarantine began.
The quarantine has affected both the way liquid milk is consumed and the kind of processed dairy products needed. The Wall Street Journal said that has left dairy producers with at least 10% more milk than the industry can use. “Milk is being disposed of because of a massive and sudden loss of markets — more than half the nation’s restaurants are closed, sales of cheese are down 70 percent and some 44 percent of the nation’s cheese is sold through food service channels,” he said in an email to PolitiFact Wisconsin, citing the group’s industry research.
Geoghegan said sales of fluid milk were up 55% for two consecutive weeks in March, though by early April it had fallen back to about 35% above norm. Dean Foods, based in Dallas, confirmed that its shift in production was in line with what the video described. It reduced production of paperboard milk cartons for schools by “well over 50%” after schools closed.
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