How many gallons of milk does someone go through that the price doubling makes or breaks your budget?
Much ado about nothing. Congress will pass the farm bill, and prices will stay where they are.
I'm thinking about buying stock in small paper bags, as much hyperventilating as I see going on around here.
You have one I have six we go through a lot of milk adds up fast
We already pay that, if you buy quality milk, instead of the crap milk most people buy.
I'm sure it is. But I pay that whether I buy milk or not. If the free market were allowed to work, those who use milk would be made to pay the cost of producing it.
I don't drink a gallon of milk in a year. I rarely eat cereal. A gallon of milk usually goes bad in my house before its gone. Even a gallon a day at an increased cost of $4 per gallon is under $30 a week. Water is free.
Lactose intolerant
thats y its better to invest in a cow instead of an ar
Do you drink your water out of a river? If not then no.....water is not free. You pay a monthly water bill, or if you have a well you pay maintenance cost.
I'm sure it is. But I pay that whether I buy milk or not. If the free market were allowed to work, those who use milk would be made to pay the cost of producing it.
It is a cascading affect due to the lack of feed for this winter. A shortage caused by the drought and the Govt mandating that a percentage of corn be used for ethanol.Weren't they predicting the same thing for beef and pork prices for the end of 2012 during the summer?
It is a cascading affect due to the lack of feed for this winter. A shortage caused by the drought and the Govt mandating that a percentage of corn be used for ethanol.
So now you have a shortage of feed corn and a mandate that steers feed used for our food animals to be used as a fuel.
There are already plenty of dairy farms for sale right now, if the propping up by the Govt with subsidies backfires and causes prices to double that will put even more under and that is a good thing. Then in a move to survive you can buy your milk local AND cheap.
It is always better to own the land the animals are standing on then the animals.