Supply Management

[farmaholic]

Both a liter of gas/diesel and milk are sometimes about the same price.
Bottled water at Subway is about $2.60 ...its not a liter either.

Thank you Dairy Farmer. I know Dairying has become easier than the old methods but you deserve every bit of your pay.

[BFW]

Have they lots of dairy cows round you? The ones I've known haven't been big into dairy - one had about 60 cows. Most here don't have dairy cattle, some have no livestock at all in fact. I suspect the Hutterites will own a far bigger percentage of the other supply managed products - the poultry side - than they do dairy. They also seem to be about the only people still in hogs other than the Corporate operations.

Visited a dairy in the US recently that will soon be milking about 40000 cows TWICE per day. Blew my mind and i can see why Canadian dairy farmers are so protective of their system. Don't think they will win however.

[Integrity_Farmer]

Dairy price study finds Canadians don't pay more for milk

The study, published last week by a new Ottawa-based trade firm called Export Action Global, found Canadians don’t pay more for comparable dairy products than consumers in countries with deregulated dairy industries.

“Milk prices in Canada are lower on average than in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Canadians currently pay less on average than Americans for butter, yogurt, and cheese,” reads the report. https://www.realagriculture.com/2018/04/dairy-price-study-finds-canadians-dont-pay-more-for-milk

[grassfarmer]

Dairy price study finds Canadians don't pay more for milk

The study, published last week by a new Ottawa-based trade firm called Export Action Global, found Canadians don’t pay more for comparable dairy products than consumers in countries with deregulated dairy industries.

“Milk prices in Canada are lower on average than in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Canadians currently pay less on average than Americans for butter, yogurt, and cheese,” reads the report. http://www.realagriculture.com/.../dairy-price-study.../

As I posted above it wasn't published last week it was April 2018. Check the proper link I posted.

[Integrity_Farmer]

As you know dairy farmers in the US receive large subsidies. In spite of this dairy farmers in the US face bankruptcy and devastation.
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Going Bankrupt in Record Numbers, Blame Trump Tariffs
https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/wisconsin-dairy-farmers-going-bankrupt-in-record-numbers-blame-trump-tariffs-AvFKY8KGHUKiGy1nmhG7Tw/

[Integrity_Farmer]

The Dairy Farmers Are in Crisis—and It Could Change Wisconsin Forever

There was a time when the soft glow of barn lights dotted Wisconsin’s rural landscape like stars in a constellation, connecting families who labored into the night milking cows, feeding calves and finishing chores.

Hundreds of those barns are dark now, the cows gone, the hum of milking machines silenced.

"All of our neighbors are done," said Sue Spaulding, a dairy farmer near Shell Lake, in Washburn County.

https://onecountryproject.com/dairy-farmers-are-in-crisis-and-it-could-change-wisconsin-forever/

[Integrity_Farmer]

As I posted above it wasn't published last week it was April 2018. Check the proper link I posted.

Thanks Grass here is the link https://www.realagriculture.com/2018/04/dairy-price-study-finds-canadians-dont-pay-more-for-milk

[grassfarmer]

Thanks Grass here is the link https://www.realagriculture.com/2018/04/dairy-price-study-finds-canadians-dont-pay-more-for-milk

Not sure why you keep posting a link to an article about the study rather than the actual study which I posted? I even hot linked the correct link.