Hi again, RS.

USDA keeps a list of average milk prices in about 30 American cities. The one I'm looking at is for Apr 2017. It shows price for 2% milk being over $5/gal in 4 cities, over $4 in 12, all of which gives a US average of $4.29 which is down a bit from 2016. 

When we multiply that by the exchange rate of, say 1.25, that works out to $5.36 Cdn per gallon = about $5.09 for 4 litres. That's pretty much what we pay in Kingston: sometimes more, sometimes $4.99.

Claims (like those of MHF last week here @ Globe) that we pay double or triple what Americans pay are simply not true. I've checked repeatedly over the years and have yet to see a difference that I'd regard as significant.

I'd rather see our farmers (all of them, not just the supply managed folks) receive a fair return on their labour & investment. Only in that way does our prime foodland have much hope of being preserved for future generations.

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Retail_Milk_Prices.pdf