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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 746789" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Please forgive me...this is something I've wondered about all my life <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>To preface my comments, I don't drink milk, but only use it in cooking. </p><p></p><p>Considering everything,</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1. Dairies are very expensive to set up & run.<br /> 2. They are magnets for Goverment regulation.<br /> 3. The sanitation requirements are monsterous...probably more than restaurants.<br /> 4. The dairy cattle eat 3 to 4 times the hay and feed that beef cattle do.<br /> 5. Milk is a perishable product that must be frequently transported.<br /> 6. They are extremely labor intensive except for the totally automated computerized operations.<br /> 7. They are "nasty" places with lots of manure & effluent to get rid of.<br /> 8. They are more regulated as where you can have one than do beef catle.<br /> 9. The high quality alfalfa hay & silage is very expensive to buy.<br /> 10. With processed/pasteurized milk selling for $2.50 to $4.00 a gallon...where's the profit?</li> </ul><p></p><p>I supposed dairy people are like beef people, on the other hand, you like, enjoy, use the product and the lifestyle...</p><p></p><p> ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 746789, member: 9"] Please forgive me...this is something I've wondered about all my life :) To preface my comments, I don't drink milk, but only use it in cooking. Considering everything, [list]1. Dairies are very expensive to set up & run. 2. They are magnets for Goverment regulation. 3. The sanitation requirements are monsterous...probably more than restaurants. 4. The dairy cattle eat 3 to 4 times the hay and feed that beef cattle do. 5. Milk is a perishable product that must be frequently transported. 6. They are extremely labor intensive except for the totally automated computerized operations. 7. They are "nasty" places with lots of manure & effluent to get rid of. 8. They are more regulated as where you can have one than do beef catle. 9. The high quality alfalfa hay & silage is very expensive to buy. 10. With processed/pasteurized milk selling for $2.50 to $4.00 a gallon...where's the profit? [/list] I supposed dairy people are like beef people, on the other hand, you like, enjoy, use the product and the lifestyle... ;-) [/QUOTE]
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