"At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
(Top, 17 November 2010 19:44)"
Could be, but how are Slovenia and Croatia doing? Are they importing milk? From where? Serbia used to be the agricultural heart of YU, no? You'd think they'd at least be able to supply their own population. And who would they import from? BiH, Croatia, Slovenia?
"I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available." (bganon, 17 November 2010 18:36)
At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
My father had a dairy and I grew up listening to tales of milk-production woes. In the States, we had exactly the opposite problem - too much milk. Dad used to say "if only everyone in the country would take just one more swallow of milk a day, there wouldn't be any surplus." (I have no idea how he came up with this idea, don't ask for a link.) This is what happens when governments get involved in supplying products to the public - they're simply not very good at it. There are always multiple factors involved (in the US, the need to support agriculture in general and to ensure low food prices). In Serbia, they seem to face additional constraints (from previous articles on the subject) - supporting the small farmer in preference to large outfits like Imlek. If the overriding goal is to increase supply, you have to support the people who can do this, which is unfortunately the big guys. Specifically ruling out paying them a higher support price may be emotionally satisfying, and it may help the little guy to scrape along a little longer, but it's not going to put a lot more milk on the shelves fast. Then, of course, - based on our experience - you'll have lobbyists working to keep the high support prices in place, excess milk that that gets turned into "free cheese" for school lunch programs and the poor, and all the problems associated with a high-cholesterol diet. I hope you can come up with something that works better.
The incompetent Milosavljevic seems to have no shame at all. He would stop at nothing to hang on to his job, as he admitted.
But yes he's probably right, he is only partially to blame but if he had a shred of integrity he would resign and name who is really responsible and what is wrong with the system. The problem is the man has no sense of responsiblity towards the electorate, rather he is thinking 'if I keep quiet I will lose my job but they will give me another job and then I can return as a minister in a future government'.
Clearly the problem is systematic, but individuals make up the system. I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available.
Absolutely pathetic, this is a huge fail for Milosavljevic, Dinkic, the DS led government, Imlek and Miskovic who controls the lion's share of the supermarkets.
There will be milk in Serbia, the situation is improving slower than expected," said the minister, and added supplies were "critically low" only in Belgrade.
I live in Novi Sad, and the milk shelves are empty on an alarmingly frequent basis. How does the Minister define critically low. Also, how come noone is to blame now when Imlek were very much to blame last week? Anything to do with the policy of selling off public grazing land to the likes of Miskovic and Kostic so they can grow wheat?
There will be milk in Serbia, the situation is improving slower than expected," said the minister, and added supplies were "critically low" only in Belgrade.
I live in Novi Sad, and the milk shelves are empty on an alarmingly frequent basis. How does the Minister define critically low. Also, how come noone is to blame now when Imlek were very much to blame last week? Anything to do with the policy of selling off public grazing land to the likes of Miskovic and Kostic so they can grow wheat?
The incompetent Milosavljevic seems to have no shame at all. He would stop at nothing to hang on to his job, as he admitted.
But yes he's probably right, he is only partially to blame but if he had a shred of integrity he would resign and name who is really responsible and what is wrong with the system. The problem is the man has no sense of responsiblity towards the electorate, rather he is thinking 'if I keep quiet I will lose my job but they will give me another job and then I can return as a minister in a future government'.
Clearly the problem is systematic, but individuals make up the system. I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available.
Absolutely pathetic, this is a huge fail for Milosavljevic, Dinkic, the DS led government, Imlek and Miskovic who controls the lion's share of the supermarkets.
"I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available." (bganon, 17 November 2010 18:36)
At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
My father had a dairy and I grew up listening to tales of milk-production woes. In the States, we had exactly the opposite problem - too much milk. Dad used to say "if only everyone in the country would take just one more swallow of milk a day, there wouldn't be any surplus." (I have no idea how he came up with this idea, don't ask for a link.) This is what happens when governments get involved in supplying products to the public - they're simply not very good at it. There are always multiple factors involved (in the US, the need to support agriculture in general and to ensure low food prices). In Serbia, they seem to face additional constraints (from previous articles on the subject) - supporting the small farmer in preference to large outfits like Imlek. If the overriding goal is to increase supply, you have to support the people who can do this, which is unfortunately the big guys. Specifically ruling out paying them a higher support price may be emotionally satisfying, and it may help the little guy to scrape along a little longer, but it's not going to put a lot more milk on the shelves fast. Then, of course, - based on our experience - you'll have lobbyists working to keep the high support prices in place, excess milk that that gets turned into "free cheese" for school lunch programs and the poor, and all the problems associated with a high-cholesterol diet. I hope you can come up with something that works better.
"At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
(Top, 17 November 2010 19:44)"
Could be, but how are Slovenia and Croatia doing? Are they importing milk? From where? Serbia used to be the agricultural heart of YU, no? You'd think they'd at least be able to supply their own population. And who would they import from? BiH, Croatia, Slovenia?
"I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available." (bganon, 17 November 2010 18:36)
At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
My father had a dairy and I grew up listening to tales of milk-production woes. In the States, we had exactly the opposite problem - too much milk. Dad used to say "if only everyone in the country would take just one more swallow of milk a day, there wouldn't be any surplus." (I have no idea how he came up with this idea, don't ask for a link.) This is what happens when governments get involved in supplying products to the public - they're simply not very good at it. There are always multiple factors involved (in the US, the need to support agriculture in general and to ensure low food prices). In Serbia, they seem to face additional constraints (from previous articles on the subject) - supporting the small farmer in preference to large outfits like Imlek. If the overriding goal is to increase supply, you have to support the people who can do this, which is unfortunately the big guys. Specifically ruling out paying them a higher support price may be emotionally satisfying, and it may help the little guy to scrape along a little longer, but it's not going to put a lot more milk on the shelves fast. Then, of course, - based on our experience - you'll have lobbyists working to keep the high support prices in place, excess milk that that gets turned into "free cheese" for school lunch programs and the poor, and all the problems associated with a high-cholesterol diet. I hope you can come up with something that works better.
"At that time, there was no Serbia, but YU. A bigger country. Somehow funny that small countries like Serbia think they can be anutonomous and forbid imports.
(Top, 17 November 2010 19:44)"
Could be, but how are Slovenia and Croatia doing? Are they importing milk? From where? Serbia used to be the agricultural heart of YU, no? You'd think they'd at least be able to supply their own population. And who would they import from? BiH, Croatia, Slovenia?
There will be milk in Serbia, the situation is improving slower than expected," said the minister, and added supplies were "critically low" only in Belgrade.
I live in Novi Sad, and the milk shelves are empty on an alarmingly frequent basis. How does the Minister define critically low. Also, how come noone is to blame now when Imlek were very much to blame last week? Anything to do with the policy of selling off public grazing land to the likes of Miskovic and Kostic so they can grow wheat?
The incompetent Milosavljevic seems to have no shame at all. He would stop at nothing to hang on to his job, as he admitted.
But yes he's probably right, he is only partially to blame but if he had a shred of integrity he would resign and name who is really responsible and what is wrong with the system. The problem is the man has no sense of responsiblity towards the electorate, rather he is thinking 'if I keep quiet I will lose my job but they will give me another job and then I can return as a minister in a future government'.
Clearly the problem is systematic, but individuals make up the system. I find it unbelievable that in this day and age milk can't be found on the shelves in Serbia. Even in Milosevic's time there was always milk available.
Absolutely pathetic, this is a huge fail for Milosavljevic, Dinkic, the DS led government, Imlek and Miskovic who controls the lion's share of the supermarkets.
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