Re: Re: high-prices for REAL MILK

[Guest guest]

My son is happy with 8$/gallon,profit for him is 100%.

(its my farm,my haylage,my grass etc.) he milks and

gets all the proceeds. he does keep us in all the milk

and assoc value added products from his one jersey and

two dexters.

the s

--- Kurtis Staven wrote:

> At $8.30 one would lose a bundle with a small herd

> and feeding top

> quality feed considering our current hay prices.

> Fuel is not going to

> stay where it is either.

>

> Kurtis

>

> On 16-Dec-08, at 10:17 AM-16-Dec-08, Gordon S.

> wrote:

>

>

> those who think REAL MILK is too expensive, please

> walk through the

> aisles of a health food store = such as Whole

> Foods /the high-end

> food stores = taking a gander at what other

> products command.

>

> a comparable product would be ... a quart of

> pasteurized Concord

> grape juice, that's whole juice not reconstituted,

> grown in the

> Okanagan valley (200 miles away) and packed in a

> glass jar by a local

> manucturer, is 8.30 Canadian$.

>

> that's the range our REAL MILK would be if it were

> to be sold retail.

> meanwhile our herdshare members pay $5 per quart by

> the time they get

> it at a depot

>

> a few miles away whole fresh raw cow's milk is

> around $6.50 per

> gallon in Washington state, sold perfectly legally.

> Visit <

> www.jackiesjerseymilk.com >

>

> the clincher is to visit the farm and see what

> farmers do to feed you.

>

> as usual, my solution to food prices which seem too

> high is

>

> a] get out there and create wealth for yourself so

> you have something

> to trade with your neighbours,

>

> b] Buy " Made in America " : force the imports

> to compete

> fairly, instead of having Americans standing idly

> by, hands bound

> by perverse regulations, while foreigners undercut

> us with inferior

> products

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > I wonder what Mr. Weeks thinks is reasonable for

> milk of any kind. >

> > Bill Dunlap

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry! I read it at $8.30/gallon not per quart.do you mean at 8.30/gallon or 8.30/quart one would lose a bundle? the grape juice is 8.30/quart so this would be 33.20/gallon. > >> > I wonder what Mr. Weeks thinks is reasonable for milk of any kind. >> > Bill Dunlap> >>

[Guest guest]

But when you add in feed and time that $8/gallon just doesn't work.My son is happy with 8$/gallon,profit for him is 100%.(its my farm,my haylage,my grass etc.) he milks and gets all the proceeds. he does keep us in all the milkand assoc value added products from his one jersey andtwo dexters.the s--- Kurtis Staven <kstavenxplornet> wrote:> At $8.30 one would lose a bundle with a small herd> and feeding top > quality feed considering our current hay prices.> Fuel is not going to > stay where it is either.> > Kurtis> > On 16-Dec-08, at 10:17 AM-16-Dec-08, Gordon S.> wrote:> > > those who think REAL MILK is too expensive, please> walk through the > aisles of a health food store = such as Whole> Foods /the high-end > food stores = taking a gander at what other> products command.> > a comparable product would be ... a quart of> pasteurized Concord > grape juice, that's whole juice not reconstituted, > grown in the > Okanagan valley (200 miles away) and packed in a> glass jar by a local > manucturer, is 8.30 Canadian$.> > that's the range our REAL MILK would be if it were> to be sold retail. > meanwhile our herdshare members pay $5 per quart by> the time they get > it at a depot> > a few miles away whole fresh raw cow's milk is> around $6.50 per > gallon in Washington state, sold perfectly legally. > Visit < > www.jackiesjerseymilk.com >> > the clincher is to visit the farm and see what> farmers do to feed you.> > as usual, my solution to food prices which seem too> high is> > a] get out there and create wealth for yourself so> you have something > to trade with your neighbours,> > b] Buy "Made in America" : force the imports> to compete > fairly, instead of having Americans standing idly> by, hands bound > by perverse regulations, while foreigners undercut> us with inferior > products> > > > > > >> > I wonder what Mr. Weeks thinks is reasonable for> milk of any kind. >> > Bill Dunlap> >> > > > > 

[Guest guest]

The only " off farm " input is kelp. We grow and grind

what little feed.

Got a good line of OP corn. we eat as polenta

animals,hogs and milkers, get ground with

oats-n-barley. LOTS of green grass,diploid rye,in our

zone7

the robinsons

maybe should go up, our partners are hurting

economically(frown)

--- Kurtis Staven wrote:

> But when you add in feed and time that $8/gallon

> just doesn't work.

>

> On 17-Dec-08, at 3:28 AM-17-Dec-08, robie robinson

> wrote:

>

> My son is happy with 8$/gallon,profit for him is

> 100%.

> (its my farm,my haylage,my grass etc.) he milks and

> gets all the proceeds. he does keep us in all the

> milk

> and assoc value added products from his one jersey

> and

> two dexters.

>

> the s

>

> --- Kurtis Staven wrote:

>

> > At $8.30 one would lose a bundle with a small

> herd

> > and feeding top

> > quality feed considering our current hay prices.

> > Fuel is not going to

> > stay where it is either.

> >

> > Kurtis

> >

> > On 16-Dec-08, at 10:17 AM-16-Dec-08, Gordon S.

> > wrote:

> >

> >

> > those who think REAL MILK is too expensive,

> please

> > walk through the

> > aisles of a health food store = such as Whole

> > Foods /the high-end

> > food stores = taking a gander at what other

> > products command.

> >

> > a comparable product would be ... a quart of

> > pasteurized Concord

> > grape juice, that's whole juice not

> reconstituted,

> > grown in the

> > Okanagan valley (200 miles away) and packed in a

> > glass jar by a local

> > manucturer, is 8.30 Canadian$.

> >

> > that's the range our REAL MILK would be if it

> were

> > to be sold retail.

> > meanwhile our herdshare members pay $5 per quart

> by

> > the time they get

> > it at a depot

> >

> > a few miles away whole fresh raw cow's milk is

> > around $6.50 per

> > gallon in Washington state, sold perfectly

> legally.

> > Visit <

> > www.jackiesjerseymilk.com >

> >

> > the clincher is to visit the farm and see what

> > farmers do to feed you.

> >

> > as usual, my solution to food prices which seem

> too

> > high is

> >

> > a] get out there and create wealth for yourself

> so

> > you have something

> > to trade with your neighbours,

> >

> > b] Buy " Made in America " : force the imports

> > to compete

> > fairly, instead of having Americans standing idly

> > by, hands bound

> > by perverse regulations, while foreigners

> undercut

> > us with inferior

> > products

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > >

> > > I wonder what Mr. Weeks thinks is reasonable

> for

> > milk of any kind. >

> > > Bill Dunlap

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

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