You Thought We Were Kidding!
The QIP is not a regulation according to the California Public Law search. And the coops are still taking your money. And WUD are stilling giving you a line of bull about fairness and democracy.
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Results of the Amendment Referendum to the Quota Implementation Plan
On February 21, 2025, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (Department) released the results of the Amendement Referendum to the Quota Implementation Plan. The referendum vote among California Market Milk Producers within the State of California was...
CDFA Misses 30-Day Limit to Report QIP Results
January 10, 2025 was the deadline to conclude voting by California’s Grade A dairy producers on a referendum to alter the state’s Quota Implementation Program (QIP). QIP is the mechanism that governs California’s controversial system of dairy farm-based milk quotas....
Quota Referenda & Legal Challenge Fracture Calif. Producers
by Pete Harding Orginally printed in the January 2025 issue of The Milkweed - Issue No. 544 If the devastation from avian influenza hammering California’s milk industry wasn’t a big enough issue, dairy producers in the Golden State are now split over a bedrock...
February 13, 2024
QIP Hardship
To Whom It May Concern,
I write today to urgently address an egregious injustice that has plagued our livelihood as a first-generation dairy producer. The deduction of QIP from our milk check has placed an overwhelming financial burden upon me and my family, leaving us socially disadvantaged and trapped in a cycle of inequity.
The quota system was implemented long before my time, forcing us to deduct $9,029.00 from our monthly milk proceeds continually. Even attempts to compensate for this loss by increasing milk production result in further deductions, leaving us in perpetual financial instability.
Despite our tireless efforts, our earnings consistently fall below the cost of operating our business. It costs our business $21.00 to operate, and our pay price has been $17.00 per hundredweight gross. Each month, our equity decreases, and our hopes for financial stability are lost as we cannot afford to purchase quota to close the gap. This has left us at a financial disadvantage to those with greater financial means.
Moreover, this is a form of “taxation without representation,” providing no tangible benefit in return. While struggling to meet our tax obligations at the state, federal, and county levels, we endure the burden of the quota tax assessment, which totals $108,348.00 per year or a staggering $1,083,480.00 over a decade…
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