zcaveman, thanks for sticking to the subject of "dairy subsidies". Yes, milk is a dairy product and you are welcome to have all you want on your cereal. There's no danger of milk going away if subsidies are ended. And I believe they should be ended so as to get the dairy industry back in line with the free market forces of supply and demand.

Just again an FYI......actual subsidies for the dairy industry, to my knowledge, are not even being discussed nor will they be discussed in the future.

Food stamps for the poor happen to be a part of this bill and THAT is what the holdup and discussion is about. There is NO discussion on going about either increasing or decreasing any subsidies

If they are, it will be secondary to the Food Stamps which is the reason for the fear of the law expiring the end of the month.

"There's no danger of milk going away if subsidies are ended. And I believe they should be ended so as to get the dairy industry back in line with the free market forces of supply and demand."

Dairy subsidies are the financial backbone of the huge corporate dairy farms. As others have stated, the family dairy farmer is getting to be a thing of the past. The family dairy farmer was the reason for the creation of the dairy subsidies - not mega-dairy farms owned by huge corporations.

Prices would most likely go down if the subsidies were dropped. This is the reason that huge amounts of money are being spent to lobby for the continuation of subsidies.