World Has Had Dairy Oversupply For 50 Years

There has been a worldwide oversupply of dairy products for much of the past 50 years. In the 1970s, Rep. Kiki Delagarza, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, expressed an understanding for the need for supply management of dairy.

However, the rest of Congress decided to go the way of “Fantasy Island,” a term used by Rep. Delagarza. Congress decided to ignore the need for a supply management system for dairy. The oversupply situation has only gotten worse since then, leaving many farmers penniless and farm communities broken.

Canada’s supply management system is a realistic response to the worldwide oversupply of dairy products. We have chosen a very harmful and unrealistic policy of little to no controls. This is why we have the continuing dairy farm crisis.

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