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<blockquote data-quote="uplandnut" data-source="post: 1729358" data-attributes="member: 24555"><p>Before you decide you can do an organic dairy make sure the dairies are going to accept your milk. The one local organic dairy has started to turn away farms because they have an abundance of supply already. Even the idea of milking goats is not what it was. The dairy that is using goat milk is turning dairies away as well, with the rumor of a large scale goat dairy on the coming on line this season.</p><p></p><p>With all the overhead in dairy I don't think that a "new" to the industry farm could get started. The land cost alone would impede a new farm in my area. There are a couple very large farms in the area that are paying over $200 an acre for crop rent. My neighbors who have farmed all there lives have had there farm paid for for the last 20 years. He told me last summer that he had never had such a hand to mouth year as last year was. The cost to buy everything has gone up, as has been brought up about fertilizer here, and he still makes the same per hundred weight that he did when he started. Last year was the lowest price per hundred he has gotten in 36 years of farming.</p><p></p><p>The video you posted of the people doing the calf sharing is crazy. To let a calf take roughly 75% (by there estimation) of there product is nuts. They would be better off just having one nurse cow. The only reason anyone raises there own replacements anymore is because they don't want to buy from a sale barn and take the chance on disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uplandnut, post: 1729358, member: 24555"] Before you decide you can do an organic dairy make sure the dairies are going to accept your milk. The one local organic dairy has started to turn away farms because they have an abundance of supply already. Even the idea of milking goats is not what it was. The dairy that is using goat milk is turning dairies away as well, with the rumor of a large scale goat dairy on the coming on line this season. With all the overhead in dairy I don't think that a "new" to the industry farm could get started. The land cost alone would impede a new farm in my area. There are a couple very large farms in the area that are paying over $200 an acre for crop rent. My neighbors who have farmed all there lives have had there farm paid for for the last 20 years. He told me last summer that he had never had such a hand to mouth year as last year was. The cost to buy everything has gone up, as has been brought up about fertilizer here, and he still makes the same per hundred weight that he did when he started. Last year was the lowest price per hundred he has gotten in 36 years of farming. The video you posted of the people doing the calf sharing is crazy. To let a calf take roughly 75% (by there estimation) of there product is nuts. They would be better off just having one nurse cow. The only reason anyone raises there own replacements anymore is because they don't want to buy from a sale barn and take the chance on disease. [/QUOTE]
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