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St-Eugene, Ontario | Seems at the moment I can't turn on the tv without hearing Trump attack the Canadian dairy system but the sad part is I have yet to see a report that has the facts straight! Even on the Canadian tv stations they have no clue what they're talking about so I figured I'd at least get the story straight on agtalk. All the news stories say that Canada has imposed tariffs on ultra-filtered milk from the US. That's false. Canadian dairy processors have been importing ultra-filtered milk for quite a few years tariff free. When we Canadians started seeing the success plants were having using these ingredients (and our protein price was crashing) we decided we needed to make our own ultra-filtered milk. We created a new milk class called class 7 which is to make ultra-filtered milk ingredients. Now Canadian plants are in operation (one less than an hour drive from me) and we are pricing ultra filtered milk at or below US prices. Canadian dairy processors can still buy tariff free ultra filtered milk from the US if they choose so but many are choosing to buy Canadian products instead.
I'm sure this is a sensitive subject for American dairy farmers who are already dealing with a massive over supply issue but we still can't be running around spreading inaccurate facts. It's a good thing though for American dairy farmers that we have our supply management system in place or else we could be one more country contributing to an over supply of the world market!
Anyway it's an ugly, rainy day here so I'm going to do what makes me the most money on those days, hoof trim! So don't rip my head off while I'm gone! I'll check back in this evening. | |
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The real facts about the canadian dairy industry
