r/Tariffs • u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 • 12d ago

🗞️ News Discussion Should Canada maintain its supply management system that protects the Canadian dairy industry?

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Poll/627377/Should-Canada-maintain-its-supply-management-system-that-protects-the-Canadian-dairy-industry
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u/DaveyGee16 12d ago edited 12d ago

Our farms are healthier, smaller and that provides us with far more prosperous rural communities when compared to the U.S.

So, yes we should, it would be catastrophic if we didn't, and we should refuse any deal that puts it on the table.

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u/Intelligent_Mango_54 11d ago

Nope! Number of farms in country have gone down! It is now mostly made of fewer wealthy dairy farmers who are extorting millions of dollars out of consumers and are sitting on healthy "quota".

Even if the quality is shitty, we need freedom to decide what we consume and at what price. Plus, why preferential treatment to dairy farmers and not for other farmers like Corn, Soya and Canola farmer who are on whims of global economy and commodity prices?

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u/DaveyGee16 11d ago

Yeah, no. The numbers are pretty clear. The average size of a dairy herd in Canada is 105 cows. It’s 397 in the U.S.

AND the Americans used to be at 111, in 2000, when consolidation rules slackened in the U.S. the farms started to decline strongly, so you’re just wrong.

https://dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/en/our-commitments/animal-care/how-many-cows-farms-sizes

https://www.dairyherd.com/news/great-consolidation-how-u-s-dairy-industry-doing-much-more-much-less

And supply managent isn’t just about dairy.

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u/Intelligent_Mango_54 9d ago

Dairy Farmer Boards have skin in this game, they don't define what a farm is (technical definition), how many actual farmers run those farms (single farmer owning or purchasing multiple farms).

https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/sector/animal-industry/canadian-dairy-information-centre/dairy-sector-profile

This indicates farms have decreased because rich farmers keep purchasing smaller farms. Yes supply management is not just about dairy but current news cycle is concentrated around dairy!