quota

noun, Cdn., authorization to produce a specified quantity of an agricultural product granted by a marketing board to a farmer (COD, 2); see ‘milk quota’ and ‘cream quota’ below

“He milked cows for awhile. I don’t know how long he did before I came along, but about two years after we were married, he sold his quota and the cows, and he had beef cattle for quite a while.”

“We ended up getting his cream quota pretty reasonable, and then we were able to eventually convert that into milk quota.”

“It’s gone now to hell in a basket, the same as the milk quota did with different farmers, right. They’re gonna pay you for this much milk, and that’s it. You can’t produce any more.”

“Well, it’d be the same as the milk quota. You get industrial price or you get brand price.”