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Originally Posted by Azure
I'm not a big fan of the quota system, but if you remove it, you're going to force a bunch of smaller quota owners to sell off to the big players because with the feed prices right now the only way to turn a profit is to own a lot of whatever animal we are talking about.
Small feedlots all over Canada are closing down because they can't afford to feed cattle anymore.
Same thing would happen with dairy farmers, etc, etc.
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Smaller quota owners? They are few and far between. Don't believe the dairy board's propaganda. Their other big lie is that the US pays for cheap dairy via increased taxes that lead to subsidies. What they don't tell you is that dairy subsidies in the US range from only $4-$.004 per person anually:
http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?f...progcode=dairy
Meanwhile, we're paying substantially extra per product.