On 18/5/06 9:01 AM, "Dave Gneiser" <bonniedave@dotnet.com>
wrote:
> Extensive financial studies by Tom Kriegel here in WI have shown no
> financial advantage to seasonal dairying.
Did they allow for lameness, short cow life, etc.
The US government told us 14 years ago that subsidies would be eliminated
within seven years, but it has not happened. Will confinement, and indeed
dairying except for pasture-fed, survive with no subsidies - of grain in
particular?
> Yup, the buyers need to start paying more for US milk. (Up until recently
> they were and everyone was happy, except the greedy processors). And in
> order for that to happen, we can no longer allow 8% of dairy products in
the
> US to be in the form of imports. Imports artificially inflate the actual
> domestic milk supply, causing US prices to crash.
>
> Given the triple oil prices we face in the world today, the WTO needs to
> come up with a better plan where NZ exports to nearby markets
Australia also exports surpluses and New Zealand already supplies the other
countries here.
> instead of
> needlessly burning up precious oil sending dairy products half way around
> the world to the US where we're perfectly capable of milking enough cows
for
> our own domestic needs.
WTO has tried to stop dumping of subsidised food, but failed, so USA exports
some of its subsidised maize (corn) half way round the world to here and
lowers our prices and to South Africa where it has put some of their maize
growers out of business, despite their growing it for a hundred years.
> Dave G.
> WisCOWsin.
Best wishes,
Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
New Zealand
