North Coast Dairymen Embrace Socialism
North Coast Dairymen Embrace Socialism
Government price controls on milk, government price supports on dairy cows, taxpayer subsidies for failed businesses, oh my!
These dairymen, largely Republican, have no problem sucking off the taxpayers teat. I thought “government was the problem” according to Saint Reagan. HOW ABOUT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE WORKERS?
North Coast dairy cows sold to slaughter as milk prices fall
More than 100,000 cows were sent to slaughter under a program developed by the National Milk Producers Federation. Milk prices remain depressed, and program officials recently announced another “herd retirement” that seeks to remove roughly 100,000 more animals from milk production by paying up to $1,500 per cow.
The price cut and production limit came partly in response to the troubles at the Humboldt Creamery outside Eureka, where production facilities are expected to be sold this summer. The creamery filed for bankruptcy protection this spring and since has “slashed dramatically” its price for organic milk, Benedetti said.
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