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It's a managed market. If consumer trends in Canada shifted away from dairy it would not somehow survive. Instead, dairy farmers collaborate to avoid productio
by dleslie 8y ago
It's a managed market. If consumer trends in Canada shifted away from dairy it would not somehow survive.
Instead, dairy farmers collaborate to avoid production waste and to coordinate for seasonal/cyclical changes in demand and production.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIt’s hard to imagine higher prices without milk users getting creative. Lots of products that should be made with butter are made with oil. Alfredo sauces made with soybean oil instead of cream. The products that have these substitutions will have a greater discount and more sales. Frozen pizza makers slacking on cheese toppings. Processed cheese. And that’s just the industrial use side.
- dleslie 8y agoInteresting that your list is entirely processed foods. Probably best never to buy such products at all, and if you do, you probably aren't the sort that cares whether the fat is from butter or from canola.
- Scoundreller 8y agoBut the products exist because people buy them as cheaper substitutes, reducing dairy demand. Milk drinkers will just drink less when the price is higher (sometimes voluntarily, sometimes involuntarily).
- dleslie 8y agoOr do they buy them because they're convenient? Or do they buy them because they're cheaper than restaurant or take-out alternatives? Or do they buy them because the packaging is appealing? Regardless, processed food is generally shit, everywhere. Discerning health and quality conscious consumers in any nation aren't likely to favour purchasing processed food.