I’m not happy with the government’s dairy policy either but consider this.If prices went down and dairy farmers were driven out of business and their cows slaughtered and ground into hamburber-it takes years to rebuild those herds.From newborn calf to milk cow takes three years minimum.
What are you talking about three years minimum? The standard is around two years and three years would be very rare.
Point is well taken. One approach to avoid such a loss of herds is that the subsidies should decline over a period of years, easing the transition, and allowing farmers to adjust their agriculture.
The objection would be that Congress can bring the subsidies back, but they could do that anytime, even if the subsidies were abolished overnight.
Then let them eat cake without milk. :-)
The price of feed is hurting dairy farmers badly. That’s what we see around here. I don’t think milk has been as low as the support price for a long time, and as for the Milk Income Loss program, it just slows the momentum as you circle the drain.
I think we need US dairy farmers and programs that support them. Who knows what the Chinese would bottle up and label as milk!