To the Editor:
For decades, United States farm policy has encouraged the overproduction of dairy products and other commodities, and as a result, we are faced with a chronic glut of cow’s milk (“Wisconsin’s Milk Farmers Face Extinction,” Business Day, April 27).
Our government should stop propping up this untenable situation and wasting billions of dollars in subsidies every year. Instead of prolonging the inevitable failure of dairy farms and subsidizing the overproduction of commodities that consumers aren’t buying, our government should actively invest in transitioning these struggling dairies into producing more of the foods our nation needs, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains and other healthy, plant-based foods.
Gene Baur
Arlington, Va.
The writer is president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary.
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Opinion | America’s Failing Dairy Farms
To the Editor:
For decades, United States farm policy has encouraged the overproduction of dairy products and other commodities, and as a result, we are faced with a chronic glut of cow’s milk (“Wisconsin’s Milk Farmers Face Extinction,” Business Day, April 27).
Our government should stop propping up this untenable situation and wasting billions of dollars in subsidies every year. Instead of prolonging the inevitable failure of dairy farms and subsidizing the overproduction of commodities that consumers aren’t buying, our government should actively invest in transitioning these struggling dairies into producing more of the foods our nation needs, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains and other healthy, plant-based foods.
Gene Baur
Arlington, Va.
The writer is president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary.
Source: Read Full Article