Milk

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Local non-profit milk banks say shortages are causing them to turn patients away.

More protein, less sugar, but real milk.

As the negotiations in Congress continue on the massive farm bill, what impact does the government’s price controls of milk really have?

California's pricing system for milk gives cheese makers the lowest price for milk -- a holdover from the Depression era, when making cheese was a way to use up surplus milk. But now cheese makers are dairies' biggest customers, and still get the low price.

Many dairy farmers culled their herds because of high feed prices caused by the drought, reducing the supply of milk. Price increases will flow through many food products beyond a carton of milk.

Americans are drinking less milk as sports drinks, water and other beverages pour it on.