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Canadians mull new trade pact, worry about domestic dairy industry

By Emma Jacobs
October 08, 2018
A dairy cow on a farm in Caledon, Canada.
Cole Burston/Getty Images

Some Canadians worry NAFTA replacement will flood markets with lower-cost U.S. milk and cheese.

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How a 109-year-old company keeps up with changes in advertising

By Eliza Mills
March 30, 2018
Behind the scenes at an advertising space at 72andSunny.
Courtesy of 72andSunny

Dairy company Tillamook is more than 100 years old. How has their ad strategy changed?

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The UK's cheese industry is wary of Brexit

By Stephen Beard
October 19, 2017
A cheesemaker mills curds in Dymock, Gloucestershire, in southwest England in February.
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Cheesemakers, importers and exporters fear that leaving the European Union will be bad for business.

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The "Illuminati of cheese" is filling fast food chains with cheesy dishes

By Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
July 20, 2017

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Cream cheese has a history wrapped in tin foil

By Jana Kasperkevic
April 26, 2017
Cream cheese bricks come in handy when making a cheesecake, but the foil packaging is not exactly reusable.
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Why is the packaging so difficult to reuse?

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What Russian cheese can tell us about the trade deficit

By Jana Kasperkevic
March 10, 2017
Russian customers buy cheese in Saint Petersburg on August 7, 2014. 
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The U.S. buys more from China, Mexico and Russia than it sells. Here's a closer look at those relationships.

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Cottage cheese wants to be the new Greek yogurt

By Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
November 28, 2016
Greek yogurt rival or 1970s diet food?
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But how easy will it be for the dairy product to lose its dowdy reputation?

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Eggs are so cheap, the U.S. is stepping in to buy some

By Annie Baxter
September 02, 2016
A notice that the price of eggs will be rising soon is seen at a Giant grocery store in Clifton, Virginia. In 2015, widespread outbreaks of Avian Flu costed poultry producers almost 40 million birds, causing the price of eggs to rise sharply.

 

 

 
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A 1935 program authorizes the U.S.D.A's purchase of excess commodities, like eggs.

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Americans are eating more cheese than ever

By Donna Tam
August 26, 2016
Lenny Zimmel puts Colby cheese curds into forms to make 40 pounds blocks of cheese at the Widmer's Cheese Cellars on June 27, 2016 in Theresa, Wisconsin. In 2015, Americans were consuming over 34 pounds of cheese per capita.
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Then why is the government buying surplus of the dairy staple? The global market is saturated.

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