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Milk - Coggle Diagram
Milk
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Lactose Intolerant
Meanwhile milk production increased nearly 17 percent between 2006 and 2016 even as consumption sunk lower the cost of producing had been increasing since the 80s and with volatile milk prices.
Dairy Farmers
Up Supply
Economics of scale
In 2018, USD $18.5 billion
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In 2025, USD $37.5 billion
Consumers
Down Demand
At the same time milk consumption was declining by 1985 Americans were drinking roughly 210 pints each per year.
Government
In 1981 president Ronald Reagan, agreed to give away 30 million pounds of surplus cheese to low-income Americans but the stockpile kept growing and by 1983 the government had 3 billion of pounds of excess dairy the storage.
Key Questions, Problems, and/or Issues
1) Farmers in the U.S. dumped millions of gallons of milk during the pandemic. It was a blow to an industry that was already struggling for a century we were told that we needed milk.
2) 150 years ago, drinking milk was often dangerous teeming with bacteria and quick to turn sour milk wasn’t popular and it’s no wonder why the invention of parturition changed.
3) In six years, milk consumption rose by 27% by 1926 experts were recommending children drink a pint of milk per day.
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Companies
Everyone the campaign did improve milk sales for a while at least but it wasn’t enough to turn things around for good meanwhile milk production.
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