Re:On the death of my family's dairy farm
by lancewiggs on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:24PM
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"American government contributed around $22.2 billion in direct and indirect subsidies to the dairy sector in 2015."
That's over double the amount that New Zealand's dairy sector (grass fed, not housed in sheds) makes from exports each year. Not only is the industrial US system inefficient and subsidised, but the milk quality is poor as well. And let's not avoid the question of burping cows and Methane emissions.
That's over double the amount that New Zealand's dairy sector (grass fed, not housed in sheds) makes from exports each year. Not only is the industrial US system inefficient and subsidised, but the milk quality is poor as well. And let's not avoid the question of burping cows and Methane emissions.
https://www.realagriculture.com/2018/02/u-s-dairy-subsidies-...