What do you think happens when the government artificially depresses prices for a commodity? How do the producers react?
If they pull the same crap they pulled back in 1973 like slaughtering calves and chicks before they went to market, then their arses should be tossed in jail.
What do you think happens when the government artificially boost prices for a commodity, i.e., farm subsidies? The USG has been subsidizing farmers for a long time. It has never been a free market.