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Over the past two years, nearly 1,200 of the state’s dairy farms have stopped milking cows and so far this year, another 212 have disappeared, with many shifting production to beef or vegetables. The total number of herds in Wisconsin is now below 8,000 — about half as many as 15 years ago. In 2018, 49 Wisconsin farms filed for bankruptcy — the highest of any state in the country, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
One of the leading reasons is the con artist's "winnable" tariff war. While the con artist put tariffs on imported steel, Mexico put a 25 percent tariff on American cheese, large portions of which are made from Wisconsin milk. This massive increase in price to consumers has devastated Wisconsin farmers whose state is known as America's Dairyland.
As if tariffs weren't bad enough, former Republican governor Scott Walker's failed experiment to outdo California in milk production caused a near collapse in milk prices to farmers. Five years ago milk producers were getting $26 per 100 pounds of milk. Now, they're lucky to get $17 per 100 pounds. Obviously, Walker had never heard of the law of supply and demand.
A report last year from the U.S. Dairy Export Council estimated that over the next several years, retaliatory tariffs by China and Mexico could cut American dairy exports by $2.7 billion and lower dairy farmers’ revenues by $16.6 billion if they were not rolled back.
“He’s talked over time about how much he cares about these dairy farmers, but he hasn’t really followed up with any certainty,” Senator Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin, said of Mr. Trump in an interview. “Our farmers need good trade deals, not trade wars.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/politics/trump-trade-war-wisconsin-dairy.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Business
One of the leading reasons is the con artist's "winnable" tariff war. While the con artist put tariffs on imported steel, Mexico put a 25 percent tariff on American cheese, large portions of which are made from Wisconsin milk. This massive increase in price to consumers has devastated Wisconsin farmers whose state is known as America's Dairyland.
As if tariffs weren't bad enough, former Republican governor Scott Walker's failed experiment to outdo California in milk production caused a near collapse in milk prices to farmers. Five years ago milk producers were getting $26 per 100 pounds of milk. Now, they're lucky to get $17 per 100 pounds. Obviously, Walker had never heard of the law of supply and demand.
“He [Walker] wanted to put Wisconsin back into the lead in milk production over California,” said Joel Greeno, a dairy farmer and the president of the Wisconsin advocacy group Family Farm Defenders. “It was more an example of arrogance than practicality.”
A report last year from the U.S. Dairy Export Council estimated that over the next several years, retaliatory tariffs by China and Mexico could cut American dairy exports by $2.7 billion and lower dairy farmers’ revenues by $16.6 billion if they were not rolled back.
“He’s talked over time about how much he cares about these dairy farmers, but he hasn’t really followed up with any certainty,” Senator Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin, said of Mr. Trump in an interview. “Our farmers need good trade deals, not trade wars.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/politics/trump-trade-war-wisconsin-dairy.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Business
