Got Milk?
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Got Milk?
Every now and then and interesting question pops in my head. Why does it seem we always have enough milk? It’s not like water, where we can pump more or coal where we can mine more in periods of high demand, but you just can’t turn up the production on a cow can you? Probably the most reasonable explanation is that we produce an excess with that excess going toward other uses in periods of ‘typical’ demand.
Any dairy farmers or others out there who can answer this question?
Any dairy farmers or others out there who can answer this question?
Post Fiend
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don't worry, as soon as they turn all the dairies into large scale corporations, we will start having "high demand" and prices will rise.
not sure if i remember correctly or not, i watched a show about it once, the place they showed sold at a set agreed too price. the excess milk and old milk from the store went to things like feed and dog food and such.
not sure if i remember correctly or not, i watched a show about it once, the place they showed sold at a set agreed too price. the excess milk and old milk from the store went to things like feed and dog food and such.
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From: Canastota
well, there are "drugs" you can give cows to increase their production but you gotta be real careful and keep close track of their health, dosage and the like. A lot of other farmers do but we don't do that at all, don't believe in it we do it the "natural" way. what would be nice is if the farmers would get more $$ per hundred for the milk. Prices are horrible, I think its about $12 in NY now, but when the prices go up the most of it goes to the middle man, we get whats left over(which isnt much). if you feed them rite and take care of them they will produce a good bit, but its still not enough to cover the costs of operation.
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From: Coweta,GA, GO DAWGS!!!!!!
I gave $5 for a gallon of it last week, but 10 years ago I could get a gallon for $2. I figured that was the corporate takeover of the milk industry. What gives? I don't mind if the money goes mostly to the farmers,God knows they need it and we need them, but I figure it didn't.
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From: Garland Tx
Wow 5 dollars thats pretty dang high. And Ford-Six, they already do that, its called skim or fat free. in my book its crap. Marc150 is right about the drugs, they can do wierd things to a cows health and im under the impression that theyre on their way out. However, as we've progressed in breeding weve increased the amount of milk the cows give. Milk prices will inevitably go up with fuel prices, but we have a steady enough supply that are prices will remain steady. And like Marc said, the prices for agricultural commodities keeps rising, but the price to the farmer keeps going down. We had to learn about it for the FFA quiz competition and I have a diagram of a dollar and where the money goes and the farmer gets very little, I'll find it and update later.
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From: Right Behind You
Yup that's right, the farmer is getting paid about the same now as they did in the 70's. While the price af grain, fuel, and everything else it takes to run a farm has doubled and trippled. The county I live in had around 200 dairy farms in the 70's (when you could actually make a few bucks doing it), now we have under 10. My family had a dairy, but sold out in 97.
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From: Burlington Vermont area
This topic is dear to many here in Vermont. Small dairy farmers have it tough - even when blizzards aren't collapsing old barns. Ben and Jerry's social mission includes paying farmers extra to NOT use rBST on their cows so you don't get any in your Cherry Garcia. The cows produce less, so it costs more. I buy non-rBST milk from a local small company without regard to cost for the same reason. Our local elec offers green energy option, which currently cost just a little more, but allows you to buy energy specifically from such sources as methane fired generators powered by those same local dairy cows. Help the environment and support the local family farmers at the same time.
Vermont - Please excuse our dairy-air!
Vermont - Please excuse our dairy-air!
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From: Location, Location.
Originally Posted by hkiefus
Every now and then and interesting question pops in my head. Why does it seem we always have enough milk? It’s not like water, where we can pump more or coal where we can mine more in periods of high demand, but you just can’t turn up the production on a cow can you? Probably the most reasonable explanation is that we produce an excess with that excess going toward other uses in periods of ‘typical’ demand.
Any dairy farmers or others out there who can answer this question?
Any dairy farmers or others out there who can answer this question?
Post Fiend
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From: Charlotte, NC
Originally Posted by BikerWithTruck
This topic is dear to many here in Vermont. Small dairy farmers have it tough - even when blizzards aren't collapsing old barns. Ben and Jerry's social mission includes paying farmers extra to NOT use rBST on their cows so you don't get any in your Cherry Garcia. The cows produce less, so it costs more. I buy non-rBST milk from a local small company without regard to cost for the same reason. Our local elec offers green energy option, which currently cost just a little more, but allows you to buy energy specifically from such sources as methane fired generators powered by those same local dairy cows. Help the environment and support the local family farmers at the same time.
Vermont - Please excuse our dairy-air!
Vermont - Please excuse our dairy-air!
I hope they still do......Been a few years.......
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From: Canastota
We're one of the few dairy farm left around here and we're gonna be getting out this fall. I just cant understand why the farmers don't band together and stop sending out milk until the price we get goes up, I mean we're not making anything now so whats the difference! How long would it take, with no farmers sending out milk, before the govt says "Ok, we'll raise the price"?? Its a real shame to see all the farmers going out so fast and hard, Ive seen plenty of them in tears because they're not sure if they can make it. Guess its true what they say, were the last of a dieing breed!