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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 672082" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>I've talked to many people that used to dairy around here, even my dairy supplier. They all say that it has never been this bad in all the years they were/are in the industry. Nobody wants sympathy. That doesn't pay the bills. What we want is a fair price for what we produce. Raw milk is dirt cheap yet the finished product on store shelves is priced quite high. There is some money being made somewhere in there. I can see your point 1982 on there being similarities between beef and dairy, but there are some differences. Yes you have to sell some to cash flow but you can hold back the rest until, hopefully, the price goes up. With dairy its all shipped out and sold regardless of what the market does. We take what we are given and have no say in it. I too believe a beef op. can trim costs considerably easier than a dairy op. without sacrificing future production/income. If you skimp even the slightest on a dairy it is going to hit you that much harder down the road. I am forced to operate as if milk were priced better than it is just in case one day this thing will turn around and I can start making money again. I was told that by now the price of milk would be much better than it currently is. Seems like as soon as we gain some ground, it all gets lost again. Anything over $10 seems lucrative at this point :roll:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 672082, member: 2744"] I've talked to many people that used to dairy around here, even my dairy supplier. They all say that it has never been this bad in all the years they were/are in the industry. Nobody wants sympathy. That doesn't pay the bills. What we want is a fair price for what we produce. Raw milk is dirt cheap yet the finished product on store shelves is priced quite high. There is some money being made somewhere in there. I can see your point 1982 on there being similarities between beef and dairy, but there are some differences. Yes you have to sell some to cash flow but you can hold back the rest until, hopefully, the price goes up. With dairy its all shipped out and sold regardless of what the market does. We take what we are given and have no say in it. I too believe a beef op. can trim costs considerably easier than a dairy op. without sacrificing future production/income. If you skimp even the slightest on a dairy it is going to hit you that much harder down the road. I am forced to operate as if milk were priced better than it is just in case one day this thing will turn around and I can start making money again. I was told that by now the price of milk would be much better than it currently is. Seems like as soon as we gain some ground, it all gets lost again. Anything over $10 seems lucrative at this point :roll: [/QUOTE]
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