This is sheer nonsense. In Canada, the rate of consolidation has actually been higher in the supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors than in most other agricultural sectors. Whereas in the 1970s there were approximately 145,000 dairy producers, today there are only about 9,000. Recent scare tactics include noting that “Wisconsin lost 500 dairy farms in 2017 and we don’t want that to happen here.” Yet Wisconsin and Canada have about the same number of dairy farms – and Canada has also “lost” on average about 500 dairy operations, per year, for the last three years. The same level of consolidation as Wisconsin. Facts matter.
