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Originally Posted by Glion
This is wrong.
I have explained supply management here before.
In this case it would be like me getting a 5000sqft job but ordering 10000sqft of material and complaining about it.
This farmer poorly managed his farm as it is not that difficult to ship the amount that you have paid to ship ie like a contract.
Fact is almost no country has seen milk prices drop after they get rid of supply management. Thought they do see suicide rates in dairy farmers skyrocket ie Australia.
Also dairy farmers do not set the price of milk in the store. Processors set a price to stores and they do their markup on top. Processors in Canada are very well off ie Saputo.
Also alot of countries that have gotten rid of supply management have now brought in "manure credits" so in the end the farmer can only milk as many cows as he has purchased manure credits.
Finally the US has lower prices of milk in some areas but there are a couple reasons biggest is that they get massive subsidies so you just end up paying for it with taxes so you dont feel it at the till.
US also doesnt have the same quality standards ie hormones for cows that are milking.
Anyway that farmer has done a poor job.
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So why is it that dairy farmers are the only producer (that I’m aware of) to have to buy into a quota? No other agriculture sector works this way.