Constantly under trade attack by Washington, most recently again this week, Canada’s supply management system is the envy of farmers around the world.  And here’s why. Supply management is a policy-based system where farmers of supply managed commodities – eggs, hatching eggs, chicken, turkey, and milk  – produce to meet domestic demand and receive a price that covers their production costs.  The Canadian market is reliably supplied by healthy products provided by local Canadian farm families.  Yes, protective tariffs are in place to halt over-quota imports of US poultry and dairy products.  In the 1970’s, during the Tokyo Round of the … Continue reading Supply Management.  It’s a Canadian thang…