I don't think much of this program for a number of reasons, but here is the latest news on it.
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This is just terrible. Sorry I am with you, I don't think much of this program.
Linda
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So I am assuming that these cows then enter the meat market, correct? and when they do that wont that affect the beef market and push the prices down there? Who pays for this program? What determines what the dairy farmer is paid for the cow? I have not heard of this program before, so I have lots of questions... As always thanks for bringing these subjects to light...
Linda, just as beef prices, at least around here, had crept up just a little. I hate this program. Whenever prices go up they claim credit, even if dozens of other factors are affecting the price of milk
WW, yeah, it is terrible for beef prices to dump so many cows on the market. And there is nothing to stop farmers from selling the bottom producing half of their cows or buying better ones, thus increasing rather than decreasing the milk supply. The program is payed for by a milk check deduction that most farmers pay. Their "cooperatives" generally force them to do so. Farmers "bid" for what they will take to beef their cows. And if their neighbors want to go to the beef auction and buy them and milk them there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It is a terrible program with loopholes you could drive ten semis through, but it has great press in the industry so people just keep paying it.
i could never be a 'true' farmer.
KK, it sure is a crazy way to make a living in today's business and regulatory climate.
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