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Hans Kaiser says when he came to Canada in 1975, he was able to establish a farm with his family.
"We always had this quota system," he says. "I believe we have the best system in the world. I have no doubt about this."
The quotas in Canada can be bought and sold; they're quite valuable, several million dollars or more for an average farm. The price that farmers are paid is also controlled: It's established based on the cost of producing milk on what's deemed to be an economically efficient farm.
The system is not financed by the government, although it has led to higher retail prices for milk than in the U.S.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says 12 farms have gone out of businesses this year, bringing the number of working dairy farms down to around 750, compared to about 1,100 a decade ago. "Gone! No cows here," he says. "We've got another one on the corner here, beautiful farm, nice little family farm. No cows. It's sad to see it happen." Says Jacques Rainville's place in Highgate Center, VT.
Many farmers in Vermont say they're getting paid less than what it costs to produce the milk.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/20 ... ium=social
"We always had this quota system," he says. "I believe we have the best system in the world. I have no doubt about this."
The quotas in Canada can be bought and sold; they're quite valuable, several million dollars or more for an average farm. The price that farmers are paid is also controlled: It's established based on the cost of producing milk on what's deemed to be an economically efficient farm.
The system is not financed by the government, although it has led to higher retail prices for milk than in the U.S.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says 12 farms have gone out of businesses this year, bringing the number of working dairy farms down to around 750, compared to about 1,100 a decade ago. "Gone! No cows here," he says. "We've got another one on the corner here, beautiful farm, nice little family farm. No cows. It's sad to see it happen." Says Jacques Rainville's place in Highgate Center, VT.
Many farmers in Vermont say they're getting paid less than what it costs to produce the milk.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/20 ... ium=social