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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1784037" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Milk price paid to the farmer is in the $26 to 27.00 / 100 lb range right now. A gallon is approx 8.5 lbs... so 100 lbs had about 12 + gallons. So the farmer is getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 2.25 gallon now. It depends on the butterfat content and what area of the country the farmer is in according to the federal milk marketing orders. A few years ago they were getting 17.00/100 lbs.... and they were losing money and kept getting told to tighten their belt. Farmers got bigger to spread the cost of equipment out over the cow numbers.... and the older smaller farmers sold out. When you figure all that comes out of that milk price, farmers still are not getting rich. Most make a living, and many have other side things they do, like custom work for others without the big equipment, to help with the income side. </p><p> We don't have harvesting equipment for the 10-20 acres of corn silage we put up, cannot justify the cost when we can get it done without any of the outlay, upkeep or anything... but it is not always ideal either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1784037, member: 25884"] Milk price paid to the farmer is in the $26 to 27.00 / 100 lb range right now. A gallon is approx 8.5 lbs... so 100 lbs had about 12 + gallons. So the farmer is getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 2.25 gallon now. It depends on the butterfat content and what area of the country the farmer is in according to the federal milk marketing orders. A few years ago they were getting 17.00/100 lbs.... and they were losing money and kept getting told to tighten their belt. Farmers got bigger to spread the cost of equipment out over the cow numbers.... and the older smaller farmers sold out. When you figure all that comes out of that milk price, farmers still are not getting rich. Most make a living, and many have other side things they do, like custom work for others without the big equipment, to help with the income side. We don't have harvesting equipment for the 10-20 acres of corn silage we put up, cannot justify the cost when we can get it done without any of the outlay, upkeep or anything... but it is not always ideal either. [/QUOTE]
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