it isnt bad at 300 because i said it was for a quarter, its actually closer or slightly over an 1/8th, i was just checking their website to make...
speaking of the one hobby farmer, he sells grassfed beef twice a year. i dont do business with them because $300-400 for a quarter steer of grass...
I do know a couple...maybe 2 hobby farmers, but they arent in the dairy industry around here. You would have to be an idiot to make a hobby out of...
Ok, back to the very first statement. Increased fuel prices will hurt the non hobby farmer. <this statement is what took 3 pages for me to say...
..... you literally have a rebuttal to everything. Is there anyone you dont know because this is about to turn into pawn stars.
So all farmers are hobbyist? Because I can take you to 100s of farms where the farm is the job with nothing else supporting it.
1 in the same. You need a good rate to pay the drivers what they're paid and still have a profitable business, otherwise whats the point?
Milk pays great in some areas, crap in others. Follow the big 1k+ farms and thats where it pays little. We don't do to bad in my neck of the...
A couple of us haulers are already doing such. Its called a co op, but as spyder said about supply and demand, there is too much milk in this...
You hit the nail on the head. Supply and demand is key in this economy for making a buck. Part of PA.s problem and the countries for that matter...
We dont have that problem, no payment to hauler means no pick up. But it all comes out before the farmers cut anyway. The most recent price i...
Your not, im only arguing that 10 bucks a gallon will not be profitable for everyone. Merely stating that you hope fuel goes to $10 a gallon to...
I dont know any that are swimming in the profit at 14 a hundred. But ill let all 12 of my farms know that its time to leave the business and flood...
For most goods, where it cost a penny to produce the product, and they sell a million a day. I do think the market is different though for the...
That makes sense if your buying wonderbread. Im buying locally, where two or three mennonites spend all week baking, then sell friday and saturday...
If fuel goes to 10 bucks a gallon, my loaf of bread will cost 15 bucks. As a company driver hauling milk, i wont be able to afford bread, and the...
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