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cient to being exploited. If large
farms hire Mexicans with green
cards in order to profit, this
crosses the line from efficiency
to exploitation. Efficiency is al
ways rammed down the farmer’s
throat, but never seems to apply
to the rest of the food chain. In
1980, dairy farmers received
52% of the consumer dollar now
that figure is down to 30% or
less. I suspect that processors
have also become more efficient,
leading to huge profits, which
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they use to consolidate their
power over us.
The second one-sided story is
the over production line. Our
prices are low because milk pro
duction increased faster than
the increase in dairy product use
last year, right? Fact: the United
States has not produced enough
milk to meet domestic demand
for several years. Has anyone
said that this 1.6 billion-pound
“surplus” last year was less than
the INCREASE in dairy imports
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about expanding export markets
but the fact remains that
imports are out pacing exports
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We hear a lot about “Market
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