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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1547931" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>@sstterry you are right. There were some very shady dealings back then and DFA and Dean Foods did a number on the farmers. Now in this area Maryland Virginia is literally screwing over their farmers. They average $1 to $2 less per cwt on every bit of milk those farmers ship. MVa got themselves into some bad financial dealings, some mismanagement too that has been "swept under the rug" and the farmers that ship to them are really in a bind. DFA can cherry pick the farms they want, and are not taking the smaller farms. Many are trying to leave MVa and go to DFA when their yearly "contract" expires but many are being told that there is a surplus and that DFA just doesn't need the milk. Strangely enough, they do take some of the bigger farms....especially the ones right near any others they pick up. Have one small 50 cow herd with the best quality milk in the county, he wins awards for lowest SCC and such year after year. He cannot get DFA to talk to him, because he is 20 miles "out of the way" from any other herd they pick up and he only ships 7,000 lbs every other day. That's still an average 65-70 lbs per day, per cow. Good average. He is getting an average 1.50 less per cwt than DFA pays.... and has no other options due to his location and the lesser amount he ships. Higher butterfat too, averaging 4.2 fat on 20 Brown Swiss and 30 Holsteins, combined. 55 years old. Where will he go to find a job, with some issues with his one leg from an accident, if MVa goes under as everyone is thinking will happen? Where will the 50-60 registered, VERY GOOD cows that he has go and what will they be worth?....</p><p>And where will we find the genetics in the future when all these smaller dairymen go out?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1547931, member: 25884"] @sstterry you are right. There were some very shady dealings back then and DFA and Dean Foods did a number on the farmers. Now in this area Maryland Virginia is literally screwing over their farmers. They average $1 to $2 less per cwt on every bit of milk those farmers ship. MVa got themselves into some bad financial dealings, some mismanagement too that has been "swept under the rug" and the farmers that ship to them are really in a bind. DFA can cherry pick the farms they want, and are not taking the smaller farms. Many are trying to leave MVa and go to DFA when their yearly "contract" expires but many are being told that there is a surplus and that DFA just doesn't need the milk. Strangely enough, they do take some of the bigger farms....especially the ones right near any others they pick up. Have one small 50 cow herd with the best quality milk in the county, he wins awards for lowest SCC and such year after year. He cannot get DFA to talk to him, because he is 20 miles "out of the way" from any other herd they pick up and he only ships 7,000 lbs every other day. That's still an average 65-70 lbs per day, per cow. Good average. He is getting an average 1.50 less per cwt than DFA pays.... and has no other options due to his location and the lesser amount he ships. Higher butterfat too, averaging 4.2 fat on 20 Brown Swiss and 30 Holsteins, combined. 55 years old. Where will he go to find a job, with some issues with his one leg from an accident, if MVa goes under as everyone is thinking will happen? Where will the 50-60 registered, VERY GOOD cows that he has go and what will they be worth?.... And where will we find the genetics in the future when all these smaller dairymen go out? [/QUOTE]
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