IluvABbeef
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I started doing a bit of reading on the cow-calf industry tonight (interest) in the "The Beef Cow-Calf Manual" by AB Agriculture and stumbled across this:
"- Various provincial subsidy programs to livestock and feed grain producers may distort the natural advantages of producers in different parts of the country and influence where beef production will be most profitable."
This quote is listed among a half dozen others as one of the factors/variables that would affect beef production in the future and is confusing the heck outta me and I just want to know as to what it really means. (I know what subsidies are... :roll: Yeah, and let me know if the following are stupid questions that I could just find out myself by doing a little research/further readings...)
So.......Why and/or How would provincial (or state) subsidy programs distort the natural advantages of producers? :?:
And BTW (stupid question), what are "the" natural advantages of producers?? :?:
That's 'bout all the questions I can think up of on this at this time of night, so I'll leave it up to you guys now.
Karin
PS. Thanks in advance... :cboy:
"- Various provincial subsidy programs to livestock and feed grain producers may distort the natural advantages of producers in different parts of the country and influence where beef production will be most profitable."
This quote is listed among a half dozen others as one of the factors/variables that would affect beef production in the future and is confusing the heck outta me and I just want to know as to what it really means. (I know what subsidies are... :roll: Yeah, and let me know if the following are stupid questions that I could just find out myself by doing a little research/further readings...)
So.......Why and/or How would provincial (or state) subsidy programs distort the natural advantages of producers? :?:
And BTW (stupid question), what are "the" natural advantages of producers?? :?:
That's 'bout all the questions I can think up of on this at this time of night, so I'll leave it up to you guys now.
Karin
PS. Thanks in advance... :cboy: