I was on a holiday when this thread started, and I had too follow it silently....which drove me crazy btw.
First of all there are so many inaccuracies in some of these comments, it would take me hours to type out, as I have farmer fingers.
Here are some major ones This gravel cruncher would like to point out, to you pavement dwellers.
Chicken quota hovers around 100 dollars a bird.
Quota is a permit, not a subsidy FFS. It ensures a supply to the market, that will at least pay for cost of production.
Yes it is overpriced in some aspects, so you have to have a few bucks to get into the business.
Instead of pointing the finger at nice clean well run farms, that incidentally produce the food your putting in your bodies , maybe we should consider who else produces that food.
Now.....what nobody wants to talk about is the chain of supply that pays for the hundreds of thousands of people that work in the before and after processing of that product.
The processing plant employees are making a very good living wage....with benefits, and that's not the case in the U.S.
That food product is supplied on a constant basis, to keep everyone employed in the processing end of things.
There is no dramatic overproduction, then crash of supply like the States....instead of a 58 % part time employment structure, we have a 87 % full time employment rate....at three times the wage.
Nobody wants to talk about the retailer that marks up a product 100 to 250 percent, instead the point the finger at the farmer....or the CFIA meat inspector making 85 thousand a year...with benefits.
Canada runs a tight ship when it comes to food quality, and is considered the best in the world by some....and that costs money to manage.
If you want cheap Frankenfood, go across the border and buy it, nobody is stopping you....and for the record, I don't make a dime using the quota system.
Funny thing is half the farmers in Washinton, that are shutting their doors on their family dairy farms, say they wish they had our system.
As far as exporting goes, the quota system is set up to supply the population with a constant quality food source, creating a reliable product that employs hundreds of thousands....its set up too not have overproduction, and price fluctuations. If overproduction was too happen, the industry will self adjust by exporting to foreign markets....although egg,milk and chicken is exported to other provinces within Canada, but it's discouraged by the marketing boards.
Basically, if everyone gets in when times are good, and there's no control, the shit you don't want in your own markets, gets sent out of country, which is why the US is staring down their sights at our markets, and attacking the supply management system.
On a side note....it's good to be back.
First of all there are so many inaccuracies in some of these comments, it would take me hours to type out, as I have farmer fingers.
Here are some major ones This gravel cruncher would like to point out, to you pavement dwellers.
Chicken quota hovers around 100 dollars a bird.
Quota is a permit, not a subsidy FFS. It ensures a supply to the market, that will at least pay for cost of production.
Yes it is overpriced in some aspects, so you have to have a few bucks to get into the business.
Instead of pointing the finger at nice clean well run farms, that incidentally produce the food your putting in your bodies , maybe we should consider who else produces that food.
Now.....what nobody wants to talk about is the chain of supply that pays for the hundreds of thousands of people that work in the before and after processing of that product.
The processing plant employees are making a very good living wage....with benefits, and that's not the case in the U.S.
That food product is supplied on a constant basis, to keep everyone employed in the processing end of things.
There is no dramatic overproduction, then crash of supply like the States....instead of a 58 % part time employment structure, we have a 87 % full time employment rate....at three times the wage.
Nobody wants to talk about the retailer that marks up a product 100 to 250 percent, instead the point the finger at the farmer....or the CFIA meat inspector making 85 thousand a year...with benefits.
Canada runs a tight ship when it comes to food quality, and is considered the best in the world by some....and that costs money to manage.
If you want cheap Frankenfood, go across the border and buy it, nobody is stopping you....and for the record, I don't make a dime using the quota system.
Funny thing is half the farmers in Washinton, that are shutting their doors on their family dairy farms, say they wish they had our system.
As far as exporting goes, the quota system is set up to supply the population with a constant quality food source, creating a reliable product that employs hundreds of thousands....its set up too not have overproduction, and price fluctuations. If overproduction was too happen, the industry will self adjust by exporting to foreign markets....although egg,milk and chicken is exported to other provinces within Canada, but it's discouraged by the marketing boards.
Basically, if everyone gets in when times are good, and there's no control, the shit you don't want in your own markets, gets sent out of country, which is why the US is staring down their sights at our markets, and attacking the supply management system.
On a side note....it's good to be back.
