European and Canadian Perspectives on the global dairy economy: Supply Management and Farm Scale

    Heifers Grazing in a field
    • 11 am to 12:30 pm
    • Thursday, September 15
    • Room 119 Babcock Hall, UW-Madison campus

    Join us in welcoming André Pflimlin, French Academy of Agriculture, Jean Yves Penn, organic dairy farmer in Brittany-France, and Guy Debailleul, agro-economist, Laval University / Quebec CAN. The group is on a study tour of Wisconsin dairies and will share their perspectives on the global dairy economy, with particular emphasis on French and Canadian experiences with supply management. Their topics will include:

    • Trends on dairy farming in Europe, since the end of supply management in 2015
    • Low cost milk production with spring calving, a 30 year experience as a dairy farmer
    • Is there a future for supply management in the Canadian dairy production?  Guy Debailleul will be presenting virtually.