A sledgehammer to the Cdn dairy industry

[sumdumguy]

Trump says he is going after the Cdn dairy industry in NAFTA. Seems that we put a tariff on American milk products. Now waych the fireworks.

[blackpowder]

Writing on the wall for very long time. I dont know what policies would have saved our food processing industries for example.
Im sure the lefty fanatics will have an answer. But too damn late now. Policies created this mess.
Avg herd size of 70 cows? Maybe we deserved a beef quota too?
I always notice this. POTUS flanked by local senators rattling sabres over butter or boards.
Here senators like an old encyclopedia. PMOC surrounds with cab ministers and trys to make nice.
Wouldn't it be nice to have the regional rep everywhere not just ONT/QUE ?

[tweety]

Its about time Canada stop putting people in jail for milking a cow without a license.

[Guest]

Its about time Canada stop putting people in jail for milking a cow without a license.

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[Braveheart]

I've watched trade negotiators at the WTO hammer it out over supply management. It's doubtful it will go anywhere. Canadian trade representatives defend it well. It will take more than the Donald's "Art Of The Deal" to make it happen.

[farmaholic]

I know basically nothing of how and what happens at those negotiation tables but my gut feeling is the door will be opened a bit more for access to the Canadian market.

[agstar77]

Trump knows a lot about Dairy. After all he is full of B.S. Told the peasants what they wanted to hear. When you have a 5 to 1 trade advantage with a country you don't whine. Moronic Trump. The U.S. has been ramping up production and want to dump it in Canada.

[tweety]

Agstar, cuz spending 5$ on a 2$ jug of milk is good for society, right?

[macdon02]

You should probably check those emotions regarding "white privilege" of chicken and milk farmers born into a quota system there agstar. Where's the guilt?

[grassfarmer]

..... Avg herd size of 70 cows? .....

Are you implying a "small" herd size # is a bad thing? I think it's great if a family farm can make a good living milking 70 cows. Even better if, as some do, they are able to employ a dairyman in that size business and still be profitable. I'm all for profitable agriculture and rural jobs - why wouldn't you be?

Used to be lots of 70 cow and much smaller herds in Scotland but since they deregulated there are lots of 300-500 cow herds not making any more than the 70 cow herds used to. Gotta love "progress".

Maybe Trump should concentrate on fixing the problems in their own dairy industry where 40% of dairy farm income comes from Government programs directly funded by the taxpayer. Yet some fools like to claim Canadian dairy farmers are the subsidized ones.

Its about time Canada stop putting people in jail for milking a cow without a license.

I'm assuming you are talking about selling raw milk versus producing without quota? Don't think anyone has been locked up for producing milk without quota.

[Braveheart]

So Tweety, $5 or whatever for a jug of milk is a crime but $4.99 for an ever shrinking bag of chips is ok? At least the costing formula keeps the producer caught up.

I'm always torn re supply management. My son worked at a local dairy when he was a young teen. He liked the work and we considered getting into our own dairy. The cost of quota killed that fast. Numbers didn't work.

We also try the lottery for chicken quota but no luck there. We even planted trees around a years ago in case a site was needed.

So, yes, I'm a little bitter that the high capital required to start a supply managed enterprise keeps us out, but, we milked cows when I was a kid so I know the work those people do. Also, the scheme they organized to create a consumer subsidized industry was genius.

[Integrity_Farmer]

Trump the clown and the Clown Show in the White House

Reuters article--- As Trump warned North Korea, his 'armada' was headed toward Australia
quote "When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction."


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-carrier-idUSKBN17L03J

I have little confidence in Trudeau standing up for Canadian farmers. Unfortunately when trump tells Trudeau to bend over Trudeau will say "how far"