Exclusive: Misguided policies have hurt small-scale farms while enriching agribusinesses and corporate lobbyists, analysis shows
In recent years, as scientists have warned about the oversized role played by industrial farming in global heating, agribusinesses including dairy have looked towards
“This lined the pockets of agribusinesses while leaving farmers captive to volatile international markets… Clearly, export-focused policies have not improved the welfare of the average US dairy farmer,” according to the FWW report. But dairy farmers are forced to pay into corporate schemes that work against their interests. FWW estimates that between 2005 and 2018 dairy farmers paid around $4bn into the mandatory Dairy Checkoff program which funds campaigns pushing US milk, butter and creamers to consumers and fast food firms that mostly benefit mega-dairies.
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