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U.S. to Buy Milk and Meat as Part of $15.5 Billion Aid
- Products would go to U.S. food banks or sent overseas as aid
- Dairy farmers have been disposing of milk; hog farms may cull
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The Trump administration would like to make purchases of milk and meat products as part of a $15.5 billion initial aid package to farmers rattled by the coronavirus, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
“We want to purchase as much of this milk, or other protein products, hams and pork products, and move them into where they can be utilized in our food banks, or possibly even into international humanitarian aid,” Perdue said in a Fox Business interview Wednesday.