On the one hand, emergency regulations issued by the USDA can help avert a spike in milk prices, which is certainly beneficial to consumers.

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On the other hand, that consumption has already been significant for the past couple of years, which suggests that the current spike is either anomalous or perhaps indicative of some new problem that needs to be identified and addressed.

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