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FBaggins

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21. I think what you're missing is that dairy farmers aren't necessarily stupid

Sat Apr 11, 2020, 01:48 PM

Apr 2020

You see them dumping and hate the waste and assume that there must be something better to do with it. But that just isn't always the case. Not all milk production is the same (e.g., a dairy producing raw milk for cheese can't donate the milk to the poor because there is no capacity to pasteurize/homogenize it... let alone bottle and distribute it). Total demand for milk is down substantially and the capacity to shift it to other uses just isn't sufficient. Lactating cows don't come with taps that you can turn off... so they have to "dump".

However - they "dump" the milk by adding it to other farm waste that becomes fertilizer.

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The farmers are dumping milk, it could be made into government cheese. [View all] Texaswitchy Apr 2020 OP

Already being done. Already at capacity. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #1

I wondered about this dumping of milk, why not make it into cheese, etc., and here you... SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #2

Done too. The Government has been buying surplus milk for decades Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #3

Hmmm... ohtransplant Apr 2020 #6

Already done too Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #9

We both know that's a drop in the bucket ohtransplant Apr 2020 #13

I'm sure this would have the support of every Democrat, but try getting it passed by McConnel nt Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #15

I don't measure my empathy for those in need by what that curmudgeon would support. ohtransplant Apr 2020 #17

Find a way, then, that works despite McConnell's opposition. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #19

Thanks for the civil discussion. ohtransplant Apr 2020 #23

Just because I don't brag about it doesn't mean I'm not doing anything Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #24

Not suggesting you do. ohtransplant Apr 2020 #27

I think what you're missing is that dairy farmers aren't necessarily stupid FBaggins Apr 2020 #21

I don't assume anyone is stupid. ohtransplant Apr 2020 #25

Wow. Thanks. Perhaps the oversupply of milk will be addressed and the excess supporting of, SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #7

This article is from before the COVID-19 crisis Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #8

Yes, I've been aware of the farm excesses (to support farmers) for decades. At least they're ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #12

Agribusiness is a cartel - similar to OPEC in form and function. Free market my ass. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #14

Absolutely. Another example of 'socialism'. Hypocrites. Take care! SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #16

in central illinois milk is in short supply, even powered milk questionseverything Apr 2020 #28

That was some good cheese. Texaswitchy Apr 2020 #4

There's a business opportunity. Igel Apr 2020 #5

Export markets are closing Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #10

Schools and restaurants closing killed milk underpants Apr 2020 #11

When schools were open, where was all that milk going? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #31

A lot of kids wouldn't drink if they didn't get it at school underpants Apr 2020 #32

Dairy was already hurting before the schools closed. Codeine Apr 2020 #18

Easier to turn it into cheese curd and sell it by the tanker car to Canada for their poutine Baclava Apr 2020 #20

75% of African-Americans, 51% of Latinos, and 80% of Asian-Americans are lactose-intolerant Celerity Apr 2020 #22

i just heard a money market podcast from Illinois.. samnsara Apr 2020 #26

i'm pretty sure there is a cheese surplus right now. uncle ray Apr 2020 #29

Plenty of people need it now. Texaswitchy Apr 2020 #30

need a system to get it to homebound kids. pansypoo53219 Apr 2020 #33