So here's a comforting thought: The United States of America will not run out of cheese or meat anytime soon.
US dairy producers now have a 1.39 billion-pound surplus of cheese, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.
According to new data from the USDA, American meat producers now have 2.5 billion pounds of chicken, turkey, pork, and beef in cold storage, which is also a record, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The American dairy and meat markets are certainly interesting, but here's what we really wanted to know: What does more than a billion pounds of cheese even look like? What does 2.5 billion pounds of meat look like?
Extrapolating from the density of this popular brand of cheddar, 1.39 billion pounds of cheese would take up roughly 900,303 cubic yards.
That's a mountain of cheese, comparable to the size of the US Capitol building.
Further reading: too much cheese Why Trump's trade agenda might worsen America's cheese glut.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/24/17606958/meat-cheese-surplus-visualized
US dairy producers now have a 1.39 billion-pound surplus of cheese, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.
According to new data from the USDA, American meat producers now have 2.5 billion pounds of chicken, turkey, pork, and beef in cold storage, which is also a record, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The American dairy and meat markets are certainly interesting, but here's what we really wanted to know: What does more than a billion pounds of cheese even look like? What does 2.5 billion pounds of meat look like?
Extrapolating from the density of this popular brand of cheddar, 1.39 billion pounds of cheese would take up roughly 900,303 cubic yards.
That's a mountain of cheese, comparable to the size of the US Capitol building.
Further reading: too much cheese Why Trump's trade agenda might worsen America's cheese glut.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/24/17606958/meat-cheese-surplus-visualized
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