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David Valadao: “Cheese prices [are] sitting at $1.47 I think, today. And we…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

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Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

And as far as the pricing side of things, I think the prices right now, when you look at the majority of commodities, they're in probably some of the worst shape we've ever seen. We got Cheese prices [are] sitting at $1.47 I think, today. And we had had prices in the last few years where butter was sitting up close to $4. And it's down under two. When you look at almonds, almonds are down under $2. When there was a time they were up above four pistachios on their way down. (04:08–04:17)

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Asserts that cheese prices are currently at $1.47, and butter prices have dropped from close to $4 to under $2.

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