Battling protectionism
Business won’t be ‘as usual’ after Covid-19-related restrictions are lifted, Phil Edmonds reports.
What overseas protectionism costs us per kilogram of meat and litre of milk
International subsidies and import barriers cost the average Australian farm about $20,000 a year.
Animal activism meets farm protection in Ontario anti-trespassing bill
Some critics call it overkill, but many Southwestern Ontario farmers say they need its protection.
Dean Foods seeks bankruptcy protection
With milk being squeezed out of the marketplace with a myriad of competing products in the dairy case, the nation’s largest milk producer is seeking bankruptcy protection.
Milk price protection sign-up to begin by early March
Last year’s milk and dairy product prices continued to be depressed despite ebbing growth in milk output and U.S. dairy exports, exceeding 2017 levels for most of this year. According to the USDA, the average Class III milk price for 2018 was $14.60 per hundredweight (cwt.), which was the lowest price recorded over the past four years.
