Posted on 01/11/2020 5:54:01 PM PST by Fawn
Wisconsin lost 818 dairies in 2019 as farmers across the country suffer from Donald Trump's trade war with China.
The state of Wisconsin, famous for its cheese, lost 10% of its dairy farms in 2019, Dairy Herd Management reported on Thursday. The loss of 818 dairies was the largest decline in Wisconsin history.
Trouble for dairy farmers started in 2018, when Donald Trump engaged in a protracted trade war with China. In retaliation for increased tariffs from the United States, China placed tariffs on a number of U.S. agricultural exports.
As a result, exports of U.S. dairy to China dropped by more than 50% in 2019, according to CNBC.
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fake news
Dairy farm numbers have been declining for a generation.
Dairy is not as popular with younger folks.
I’m thinking Fake-ish News. There’s got to be more to this story. We’re selling rice to China for crying out loud. Moreover, there are and were thousands of tarriffs in place before President Trump became President.
That is a lie. Dairy farming has been in trouble for awhile. Less milk consumption, tougher market. Dean and Borden have filed for bankruptcy.
I thought trump gave them millions to weather the storm. Probably just the governor and others got the money.
Here in the South there are dairy barns that have been unused for 40 years. Not just a few, but in about every farming area.
40 years ago, we had a very nice dairy in our town. Been closed for many years.
I guess kids are weaned to beer earlier than the old days.
I don’t miss it. For me, dairy products are poison.
Almond milk and assorted other “milks” are on the rise. Cows are out of fashion. Has nothing to do with China.
Yeah, look at their ‘team’ under the company profile. Yesu. What a gaggle of misfits, miscreants, and carnival sideshows.
That’s the truth. Soy. Almond, and everything in between.
Diary farms have been under the gun in KY long before Trump.
Wisconsin has been losing dairy farms long before Trump..
https://www.dairyherd.com/article/dairy-report-wi-bids-farewell-491-dairies-where-are-cows-now
So the farm closings are real but the Trade war being the main cause is complete garbage.
My uncle got into “dairy” a few years ago.
Whst a tough job!
“”””””Dairy Farming is not as popular with younger folks. “”
ESPECIALLY small dairy farms. They have been declining for a long time. It is a 24/7 job and you cannot miss a milking.
First time I ever heard that China buys much dairy from US.
On the other hand, high tariffs on US dairy (often 50%) imposed by Canada have hurt the dairy industry a lot.
Those tariffs were supposed to be lowered by USMCA, but I don’t know for sure if they will be.
If the treaty addresses that, and results in Canada lowering tariffs, then perhaps we will export more dairy to Canada.
USMCA, after being approved by all 3 countries just gathered dust for about a year until Pelosi finally allowed it to be voted upon. Did that cost tdairy farmers in Wisconsin and elsewhere? Quite possibly.
Sounds to me like if they dropped the dairy price supports they could save a few farms.
The hipsters want their fresh from the farm organic milk, but don’t want to do the 2x daily milking and CLEANING!
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