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what the production model is, the price received for the product is =
always within 10 percent of the cost of production.
The only thing that matters is how much better than the =
average you are.
Dave, if you were to get double the milk price you get now, =
you would still be complaining.
Yup,with Dick by his side. Stop all imports and US dairyman =
will increase production and drive the price back down to cost of =
production and the whining starts all over again.
We probably have the natural resources in this country to =
produce milk for far less than the kiwis. What we do not have in the =
dairy industry in this country are entrepreneurs. Maybe the new =
production model for dairy in this country is 2000 acre dairies in =
Mississippi or Arkansas with production per cow lower than the kiwi =
system with cows lasting to 10+ years.
Interesting Brad. Have you been there or how do you come to =
this? I was in Louisiana in January and i see lots of potential. Close =
to a milk deficit region. Cheap irrigation. Supplement feeds right =
there. Some large tracts of land. Just lack of infrastructure. But you =
get a few operators that put in several 5-1000 cow set-ups as the kiwis =
will have done here before long and infrastructure will follow. Just =
need about 10,000 cows among say 5 owners. Once they prove the model the =
rest will follow. Just as has happened in west Texas/ east New Mexico.
Bernie
Reeds, Mo.
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