Sadly, it looks like a significant amount of the cheese in cold storage is American and Swiss [1] – they missed a fantastic opportunity to age cheddar en masse.

[1] https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-...

Strategic Cheese Reserve (SCR)

Where is the Strategic Cracker Reserve (SCR)?

And the Strategic Special Reserve Port Reserve (SSRPR)?

I kinda want to try this government cheese.

I thought the American Slice is it's main source.

This article uses “billions” incredibly loosely. First of all, I wouldn’t call 1.5B “billions”. Second, 1.5B pounds is almost certainly under 1B wheels.

Fun read otherwise.