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<blockquote data-quote="john250" data-source="post: 692074" data-attributes="member: 4406"><p>Organic dairymen seem to be struggling as much, if not more, as conventional dairys.</p><p>I'm just observing, I don't have personal experience. Something happened as more and more small dairys chose to chase that 2X or 3X price for organic milk. Actually two things happened. The mega-dairies started organic divisions and more small dairies moved to organic. And then the recession came along (thats 3 things), crimping consumers ability to splurge on expensive organic milk. </p><p>I hear organic folks screaming to change the rules, because you can have an organic dairy which is a CAFO--where the cows never graze and eat trucked in organic feeds. Supply has gotten out of hand, and the usual ag economics don't care whether it is organic or conventional. Too much supply means the price gets hammered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john250, post: 692074, member: 4406"] Organic dairymen seem to be struggling as much, if not more, as conventional dairys. I'm just observing, I don't have personal experience. Something happened as more and more small dairys chose to chase that 2X or 3X price for organic milk. Actually two things happened. The mega-dairies started organic divisions and more small dairies moved to organic. And then the recession came along (thats 3 things), crimping consumers ability to splurge on expensive organic milk. I hear organic folks screaming to change the rules, because you can have an organic dairy which is a CAFO--where the cows never graze and eat trucked in organic feeds. Supply has gotten out of hand, and the usual ag economics don't care whether it is organic or conventional. Too much supply means the price gets hammered. [/QUOTE]
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