What subsidies do dairy farmers receive in the US?

When the dairy sectors of Colombia and the United States are compared, support for producers in the latter stands out as the biggest difference. Find out what kind of aid farmers have received in the world's leading power that makes them more competitive internationally. Óscar Cubillos, head of the Planning and Economic Studies Office of Fedegán-FNG, pointed out that Colombian companies import powdered milk from the US despite its high international price because producers in that country receive incentives when it comes to export. “Since all the milk is more expensive in the world, bringing it from the US is still cheaper than that from Colombia. What has prevented a greater volume is the exchange rate, because when it decreases a little as it happened recently, imports immediately rise," he said. Indeed, several programs implemented by the US government in recent decades have aimed to subsidize the owners of cattle that produce milk. (Read: The United States will support its ...