A qualitative assessment of the benefits and costs of on-farm food safety and environmental farm plans in the dairy sector : Évaluation qualitative des avantages et des coûts des programmes de salubrité des aliments à la ferme et des plans environnementaux des fermes dans le secteur des produits laitiers

This sixth report in the series “On-Farm Food Safety and Environmental Farm Plans: Identifying and Classifying Benefits and Costs” details the assessment for the Canadian dairy sector The full list of reports in the series “On-Farm Food Safety and Environmental Farm Plans: Identi- fying and Classifying Benefits and Costs” is as follows: Report 1: Overview of the Development and Applications of a C [...] Where appropriate, these differences are pointed out and their effect on the efficacy of food safety and EFP initiatives are indicated.alitative Assessment of the Benefits and Costs of On-Farm Food Safety and Environmental Farm Plans in the Dairy Sector 5 A QuChapter 2On-farm food safety initiatives in the dairy industry 2.1 Introduction At the outset, it is important to provide a brief history of [...] A Qualitative Assessment of the Benefits and Costs of On-Farm Food Safety and Environmental Farm Plans in the Dairy Sector A Qu On-farm food safety init iat ives in the dairy industryFigure 1 presents the evolution Figure 1: of the number of dairy farms in Number of dairy farms from 1991 to 2001 Canada, Quebec and Ontario. [...] In any case, milk prices at the farm level are regulated and any change in the pricing of raw milk would likely require extensive negotiations between producers, processors and the Canadian Dairy Commis- sion 000 MTA Qualitative Assessment of the Benefits and Costs of On-Farm Food Safety and Environmental Farm Plans in the Dairy Sector A Qu On-farm food safety init iat ives in the dairy industryTa [...] As the OFFS affects the costs of supplying milk and the demand for milk, a central question is what happens to the farm price which is the primary concern of the supply management policy.