Spilled Milk

It really seems at times that California is intent on cutting its nose off to spite its face. First they drive egg producers out of the state with Proposition 2, and now they're forcing dairy producers to relocate in order to stay in business. In other states getting a permit to form a new dairy takes ninety to one hundred eighty days, in California it takes five or more years. Large food producers such a Nestle who may have entertained the idea of making California their base of operations have opted to go elsewhere due to the excessive amount of regulations and red tape they have encountered in the "golden state". Several northwest and central plains states have made it known they would welcome California's dairy farmers and have made it a point to actively recruit them. Dairy producers everywhere have struggled to stay in business the last couple of years and most have lost large amounts of money. Feed prices have soared and milk prices have plummeted, so when California dairy farmers are offered affordable land and feed prices in a state that wants their business moving would seem a "no brainer". California bureaucrats may soon find themselves truly "crying over spilt milk".