> Only one thing I agree on with Dave is the 15 cent check off. Better yet
> they should
> stop talking it out of my milk check. Its no net gain to producers. The
> milk price
> pendulum will always swing back to near the cost of production.
>
> The big crock of BS Dave spouts is currency exchange subsidy. That only
> applies
> to country's who have a fixed exchange rates like China.
>
> Bernie
> Reeds, Mo.
>
What you apparently do not remember is the 1980s when that 15 cent/hwt
checkoff came into being. You would not have the US consumer we do today
without that 15 cent investment.
Here's where some of it went: Studies of perfecting pizza cheese, so that
it slightly browned (not burned) and remain that pleasant mouth-feel for the
pizza consumer. Check the growth in demand for pizza cheese since the 80s.
Without it, milk prices would be in trouble.
Studies of nutrition and advertising that told the truth about dairy
products. Margarine and fake dairy product imitators were having an
advertising field day at our expense. And you can't depend upon the
mega-corporations to tell the truth because Kraft markets the fake dairy
products, say Parkay...........even Land O' Lakes markets Buttery
Spread...........
Increased market share is definitely a gain to the producer. I'd prefer
that the processor would do the research-development and advertising of
dairy products but they don't.
And while you may disagree with the currency exchange rate subsidy by the
Kiwis, it has an impact upon product pricing never the less.
Dave G.
