Jogeephus
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Anyone have any ideas on the best strategy to overcome this hump? I bought milk at the grocery store last week for $1.50/gal. which just seems wrong.
Jogeephus":17mo8etk said:Anyone have any ideas on the best strategy to overcome this hump? I bought milk at the grocery store last week for $1.50/gal. which just seems wrong.
Caustic Burno":1qer9dju said:I don't understand dairy.
Dang....guess I should look at the gallon jug prices.....that's less than we pay for a half gallon. Don't see why I couldn't pour a 3 quarts down the drain rather than a quart as long as it's cheaper. We don't use a lot of milk around here. Waste more than we use.Jogeephus":1axwarsf said:Anyone have any ideas on the best strategy to overcome this hump? I bought milk at the grocery store last week for $1.50/gal. which just seems wrong.
They're just like everybody else. If milk went up to $25 a hundredweight every dairyman in the country would be sitting at the bank in the morning to get money for more cattle. In no time the market would be flooded with an overabundance of milk and prices would tank again. they just can't stand prosperity.Caustic Burno":3drtp0lp said:I don't understand dairy.
TexasBred":3hvkgl8e said:They're just like everybody else. If milk went up to $25 a hundredweight every dairyman in the country would be sitting at the bank in the morning to get money for more cattle. In no time the market would be flooded with an overabundance of milk and prices would tank again. they just can't stand prosperity.Caustic Burno":3hvkgl8e said:I don't understand dairy.
Jogeephus":31q4bpuj said:Seriously though, I'm thinking herd reduction might be the answer right now. With this you won't bleed out so fast.
Stocker Steve":2nhhjkvt said:Jogeephus":2nhhjkvt said:Seriously though, I'm thinking herd reduction might be the answer right now. With this you won't bleed out so fast.
Great point. With DHIA records, it is pretty easy to figure out that a full barn can work against you at below cost prices. Now if beef producers did this...
But, figuring out your breakeven won't change that dairy is going industrial just like chickens and hogs did.
Got a few operators scattered around the county here marketing their milk to some of these amish/mennonite type communities. They make mostly cheese and butter but some actually bottle and sell raw milk. They pay the milk producer over twice the price the regular milk coop is now paying so it's a good deal for both. One dairy delivers them about 20,000 lbs. a day. The others I'm aware of are smaller. Not aware anyone capable at this time of producing Grade A milk for sell in grocery stores, etc.Jogeephus":ub9fahiq said:Stocker Steve":ub9fahiq said:Jogeephus":ub9fahiq said:Seriously though, I'm thinking herd reduction might be the answer right now. With this you won't bleed out so fast.
Great point. With DHIA records, it is pretty easy to figure out that a full barn can work against you at below cost prices. Now if beef producers did this...
But, figuring out your breakeven won't change that dairy is going industrial just like chickens and hogs did.
Though it might be too late I've always thought the purchase of a pasteurizer and direct marketing farm to table might be a solution but at the moment existing contracts prevent this but where there is a will there is a way.
Yes, tip your local dairy farmer.Jogeephus":1edz459t said:Anyone have any ideas on the best strategy to overcome this hump?
I bought milk at the grocery store last week for $1.50/gal. which just seems wrong.
In addition to economy of scale... (I know of one that owns a creamery)TexasBred":45yv1jl9 said:Got a few operators scattered around the county here marketing their milk to some of these amish/mennonite type communities. They make mostly cheese and butter but some actually bottle and sell raw milk. They pay the milk producer over twice the price the regular milk coop is now paying so it's a good deal for both. One dairy delivers them about 20,000 lbs. a day. The others I'm aware of are smaller. Not aware anyone capable at this time of producing Grade A milk for sell in grocery stores, etc.Jogeephus":45yv1jl9 said:Stocker Steve":45yv1jl9 said:Great point. With DHIA records, it is pretty easy to figure out that a full barn can work against you at below cost prices. Now if beef producers did this...
But, figuring out your breakeven won't change that dairy is going industrial just like chickens and hogs did.
Though it might be too late I've always thought the purchase of a pasteurizer and direct marketing farm to table might be a solution but at the moment existing contracts prevent this but where there is a will there is a way.
Steve one question. Those "industrialized" dairies you mention. How is their milk priced and to whom do they sell it or do they handle and process it from the cow to the home refrigerator.