Canada says don't blame it for Wisconsin dairy woes (too much milk in WI being Produced and

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the high US. dollar is making it worse to see products-including milk products abroad--see story). I grew up in WI on a small dairy farm and emphasize with the small farmer but very few of these family farms are left. Many big dairies now-with lots of problems with run-offs pollution, High usage wells drawing water so that neighbors run low or dry, etc etc.





Canada says don't blame it for Wisconsin dairy woes


http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2017/04/11/canada-says-dont-blame-wisconsin-dairy-woes/100346214/



Rick Barrett , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 6:09 p.m. CT April 11, 2017 | Updated 9:47 p.m. CT April 11, 2017
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In response to a changing market, Canada says it implemented a new milk-product class aimed at making its farmers more competitive with the U.S. That's, essentially, at the core of the dispute. Wochit
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Canada says it’s being wrongly blamed for a decision by a major dairy processor that could put some Wisconsin farms out of business in less than three weeks.

At issue are changes in Canadian policy that make it harder for U.S. dairy processors — such as Grassland Dairy Products of Greenwood — to sell ultra-filtered milk, used to make cheese, in Canada.
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“The reality is that Canadian provinces, starting last year with Ontario and now extending across the nation, are implementing what they call a ‘national ingredients strategy.’ This lowers the cost for processors to buy Canadian-made milk ingredients, undercutting the sales previously made by Grassland and other companies to Canada,” said Chris Galen, a senior vice president at the National Milk Producers Federation based in Arlington, Va.

"Canada isn’t taxing or levying tariffs on U.S. exports, but instead is changing the pricing structure of its own milk supply to provide preferential pricing treatment for domestic suppliers," Galen said.

Not so fast on placing that blame, say Canadian farmers, who fault the U.S. for producing too much milk in a global marketplace flooded with it...........................






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Latino workers at Rockland Dairy near Random Lake Victor (left) and Gloria (rear right), work milking cows. Farms in Wisconsin that rely on immigrant labor are fearful of changes to immigration policy by the Trump administration. Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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1. Seen this before in Wisconsin.

We where one of the largest operations in the late fifties and early sixties. U of W River Falls started the push for larger operations in the 1955 era,and boy did that explode the Cow herd sizes and the rest is History.

Trying to right size the Dairy Industry in Wisconsin is like herding cats. And Canada was a luck of the draw market because of their Health Codes and protection of their Dairy Industry. The Dutch Dairyman have moved into the US and Canadian Dairy Industry,their operations seem to be unstoppable with the forward lines of credit that they have in place.