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>>It's all proportional. Cows in the US producing 20,000 to 30,000 lbs. vs
>>Kiwi cows producing 8,000 lbs. There are reasons those western state's
>>dairies are doing well, even at lower milk prices than received elsewhere.
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>Exaggeraing again. We are paid on milk solids and our milk has levels
>way above yours.
Of course you're paid on solids. You're 99% producing for export. The US
production is 99% produced for domestic consumption. NZ has little market
for fluid milk consumption with only 3 million residents.
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>NZ cows are smaller and calve every 12 months, yours take longer, but
>it is production of milk solids (not water) per person, without
>bought feed from 100% grazed cows which shows profit. When you can
>produce 120,000 kg of milk solids per person with no bought feed then
>open this discussion again.
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>Vaughan Jones
Has little to do with the impact of $40 per barrel oil and the weakened US
dollar on your exportability. Maybe the Kiwi dairymen will start to
recognize that Kraft, Nestle and Unilever are getting rich at their expense?
Dave G.
