Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:04 am by cornbinder89
If you read the articles you will find that both the US and most other countries including Canada have some sort of gov run price controls on dairy and have for years. The US subsidizes the dairy sector by buying excess and giving it away to the poor and has done for years. Without some sort of stabilizing control, most dairys would not survive in any country. The cost of setting up and running a dairy is extreme and the running cost are high. Fluxuation in the market would drive most out of the business, as investments need to be exteemly long term. The cost of the equipment, cows and labor on something that can not be stopped or scaled back at market whims, is high. In short, cows need to be milked multiple times a day whether the market is there or not for the output.
It is disingenuous for the US to ridicule Canada for its support when we (and again, most other countries) provide support for our dairies. To say "America first" but condemn Canada for "Canada first" is the height of hypocritism. Protectionism has a cost!