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In Canada, the potato and/or dairy farmers associations are destroying their crops to prop up prices since fast food demand disappeared and there was such exces
by gentleman11 6y ago
In Canada, the potato and/or dairy farmers associations are destroying their crops to prop up prices since fast food demand disappeared and there was such excess. Not sure what the difference between that and price fixing is but it seems to be a common practice. I first heard about it after reading the Grapes of Wrath
Edit: better source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiD66Tckd3pAhUOCjQIHeOqAkQQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fdairy-covid-19-1.5528331&usg=AOvVaw0gnfU_cRh8k5eIfNqYyC7l https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiD...
- apta 6y agoThat's extremely immoral and should be illegal. Someone should sue.
- ac29 6y agoWho would have standing to sue? One of the problems with modern agriculture is that sometimes the cost to bring your product to market exceeds the cost the market is willing to pay. In that case, its not that uncommon for product to be destroyed to bring supply and demand closer together.
- apta 6y agoIt's the government's job to step in then and subsidize the costs.