The Much Feared (but less talked about) “Milk Cliff”

Via Ezra Klein, “If Congress fails to renew the farm bill by Jan. 1, the country’s farm policy will revert back to laws dating from 1949. Government price supports for milk would rise significantly — and the cost of milk could rise by as much as $3 per gallon. Dairy doom!”

“While we’re on the topic, though, it’s worth noting that milk has been growing steadily less popular in the United States for three decades now”:

The post then goes on to discuss how milk has been losing out to other beverages, with one of it’s biggest competitors being bottled water. Given my uses of milk, which are mainly for coffee and cereal, I don’t see water being a reasonable substitute. But that’s just me.