Sentences with phrase «milk pricing system»

Ms Scott spoke by phone to Mr Joyce yesterday, but said he did not map out the long - term fix in the milk price system her petition called for.

They found current milk price systems in Australia are complex and do not show transparency between the market value for milk products and the price paid to farmers for their components.

Not exact matches

«In addition to Canada's 270 percent tariff on milk, a program called the «Class 7» pricing program, a market - distorting supply management system, has caused severe pain to New York dairy producers like Avon's Anderson Farm and their fellow Upstate Niagara Co-Op dairies since it came into force last year,» Schumer said earlier this week.

The system punishes poor Canadians by tripling milk prices, while putting not only the European free trade agreement in jeopardy, but the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations as well.

Under this system, tariff s of 200 % to 300 % are imposed on foreign milk and milk products while here at home, prices are manipulated to the point where, according to a paper by former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay, a typical Canadian family is paying in excess of $ 300 a year more than they need to for milk alone.

U.S. milk may be half the Canadian price but much of the cost is paid indirectly through the U.S. tax system, argue Canadian farmers.

Although under fierce attack from conservative pundits and big business, supply management systems provide a fair return to farmers and a reasonably priced supply of fresh milk, eggs and poultry to food to consumers.

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Still, California dairymen have long - argued that the state milk system favors milk processors, which leads to lower producer milk prices, though all regulated orders establish minimum pricing levels for milk based on the end product — butter, cheese, fluid, ice cream, etc..

Fonterra, the world's biggest milk processor, recently tempted local farmers with the promise to fix milk prices for a season with the new payment system all about providing certainty which then allows them to invest in bigger herds.

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ANZ's Williams said prices could pick up should the El Nino weather system crimp local production, if European milk supply slows, if demand improves in key markets such as China, or if production costs such as energy and feed prices rise.

The budget also restructures the Margin Protection Program, an insurance - style tool that allows farmers to pay into the system and then receive a benefit if a certain margin is hit with milk prices dropping below the production costs.

The push for change continues among dairymen wanting to do away with what they say is an «antiquated» milk - pricing system that has long limited their profits.

MyFarm said it was actively discussing with investors «winding back the clock» to a different farm system that better suits lower, or more variable milk prices.

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