tncattle":ol38z1qs said:
bigbull338":ol38z1qs said:
that was tryed back in the late 60s.the dairymen dumped 2 or 3 days milk.called their milk company when they wanted them to pick up the milk.an they was told they no longer had a contract to sell milk.so they dumped their milk.an hauled the cows to the sale barn.a friend of mine was working the sale barn at the time.an had his son buy the best cows that went through the ring.an he opened his dairy with those cows.
That is my point, it only works if everyone sticks together but there seems little chance of that kind of thing happening. People are just too afraid now of what really makes change happen--"SACRIFICE" It saddens me but I don't think our country has anywhere near the resolve it had 100 years ago, let alone 200.
I think we are all sacrificing already just to stay in business, would not be smart to dump our milk, because we work hard to get it in the tank, plus it costs to produce it. The belgain farmers, last week, sprayed 760,000 lbs of milk on their fields, and for what? It made the news, but thats about it. So, I think its easy for you to say everyone band together , and sacrifice, but you aren't milking cows so how would you know
even what we all go thru in a week to produce our milk. I'm not sure its about resolve, its about getting paid a fair price for what we do for a living. 100 years ago, the dairy business was a much different place, plus they did not have the expenses of what we have now, the cost of production has risen greatly but the pay hasn't, and thats what is going to need to be resolved.
GMN