# Weekly Digest: Dairy leader urges government cheese drawdown - Progressive Dairy | Ag Proud

> The American Dairy Coalition's chief executive asked President Trump to act to reduce about 1.4 billion pounds of surplus US cheese in cold storage. Cheese exports to Mexico are reported down 10 percent and to China down 65 percent due to retaliatory tariffs. The letter cites milk prices at record lows.

- Date: 2019-01-09 · published 2019-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61256-weekly-digest-dairy-leader-urges-government-cheese-drawdown-progressive-dairy
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A government cheese purchase or drawdown would cut surplus stocks and could support cheese and milk prices. The tariff-driven export losses remain a bearish force on dairy demand unless trade issues are resolved.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

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| MILK | 2020-02-12 | [Weekly Digest: California quota program sunset proposal forwarded to CDFA - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54736-weekly-digest-california-quota-program-sunset-proposal-forwarded-to-cdfa.md) | -0.4% | -4.2% |
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| MILK | 2017-10-04 | [Weekly Digest: MPP-Dairy late filing a ‘black swan’ option -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68589-weekly-digest-mpp-dairy-late-filing-a-black-swan-option-ag-proud.md) | +2.0% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/38139-weekly-digest-dairy-leader-urges-government-cheese-drawdown

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