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Transition costs limiting increases in organic
The Chairman of the House Ag Committee says unless dairies
are large, it seems the only ones making money in his district are organic.
“One of the reasons is that it’s somewhat of a limited market because it does cost a lot of money to get into.”
Collin Peterson of Minnesota says he’d like the transition
process to become less burdensome and perhaps more resources for farmers would
help.
“We don’t want to make this so easy to get into that it oversupplies and collapses that market like we have oversupplied the overall milk market.”
Congressman Antonio Delgado of New York also testified during a House Ag Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on the National Organic Program, saying the costs associated with the three-year transition process are an issue.
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