  Letter: Farm bill subsidizes large dairies  5:55 PM, Feb. 5,
2013  |  Comments   • Filed Under  Last month, it seemed as
though everyone was in a tizzy over the 2012-2013 equivalent of
Y2K: The fiscal cliff. The fact of the matter was, that if a
deal was not arrived at, it would have had little effect on most
people - that is except for one area.  Without the farm bill
that was tethered to the fiscal cliff, large-scale dairies would
not receive the subsidies that their businesses would cease to
exist without. What kind of subsidization are we talking about?
How about paying twice the price for a gallon of milk if these
companies were not subsidized. That is what it amounts to. I
heard from individuals who were in a panic about paying $7 for a
gallon of milk. I could have cared less because that is the
price that I already pay for organic milk from pasture-raised
cows; a practice that is truly sustainable on all fronts since
the milk is not subsidized, and since smart pasture operations
are not the drain on