Extra Cheese.

• Position: ECONOMICS - Too much surplus of cheese in the United States - Brief article

America has too much cheese. That may not sound like much of a problem, but the record 1.4-billion-pound surplus sitting in warehouses across the country--enough to create a wheel the size of the U.S. Capitol--is starting to affect the economy. How did we stockpile so much? In recent years, farms have increased production of milk, even as Americans drink less of it (149 pounds per capita in 2017, down from 247 in 1975). The extra milk is often turned into cheese because it stays fresh longer. And even though we're eating more cheese than ever--nearly 37...