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human
ELI5: Why are farmers forced to destroy their products instead of bringing them to market?

Recently I've seen news articles of farmers dumping milk and destroying livestock instead of bringing their products to marker. The articles implied this is a practice that isn't new, but only happens in certain conditions with the market. What forces farmers to do this?
gpt
When the local farm product warehouse is full, they don't have the space to store any more product.  Hauling it farther can be done, at some cost, but that's only a solution if some other warehouse isn't full.

Cows make milk at a pretty constant rate.  If orders for milk drop, because a quarantine closed some plant that usually buys milk, the empty space in the milk storage facility can easily be used up.