Donald Trump slams Canada-U.S trade deals

Cliffy

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Bar Sinister

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What is a factory farm?


It is a farming operation that is operated like a factory with assembly line conditions existing for the production of food items. Most of them are multimillion dollar operations. Here is a link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_animal_farming

Factory farming is particularly prevalent in the USA with some dairy farms actually processing their own milk. Such farms often have herds of thousands of cows. Compare this to Quebec (Canada's largest dairy province) where the average farmer only has 55 cows. These huge American farms are highly efficient, but they have the effect of driving other farmers out of business, which is why the US has lost one-third of its dairy farms in the last 10 years or so.

The huge farms also have the effect of driving down the price of dairy products until almost no one can make a profit. It is a paradox of capitalism. Perfect competition results in a profit margin of zero.
 

MHz

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He doesn't seem to be aware that Syria is a foreign country. Is he aware that Canada if a foreign country??
 

petros

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Depends on whether or not you want a dairy industry that is not based on factory farms. However, in the US case it appears to be a case of the pot calling the kettle black. https://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=dairy&regionname=theUnitedStates

What is a factory farm?
It is a farming operation that is operated like a factory with assembly line conditions existing for the production of food items. Most of them are multimillion dollar operations.

You just described a Canadian dairy farm