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Default Low milk prices have dairy farmers killing cows

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:04:41 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
> > wrote:
>
> >Lou Decruss wrote:
> >
> >> I find this disturbing. I can't believe there isn't another way to
> >> deal with it. Government cheese for all?

> >
> >
> >Remember a whiles back when peeps were crying about the price of a gallon of
> >milk, seems like ages ago now. Dairy products are now about as cheap as
> >I've ever seen them...

>
> It really wasn't that long ago. I remember Kili saying they were
> paying almost 7 bucks a gallon maybe two years ago. Aldi just raised
> their price to $1.79 from $1.49. I see Valli produce out in the burbs
> has Dean's for $1.99. Dean's is almost never on sale. Wisconsin
> cheeses are dirt cheap too. They've got a Wisconsin American on sale
> for $1.99. So you can get real cheese cheaper that than Kraft
> singles. I can't complain about the cheap prices but something has to
> give.
>
> >Will the increased cow supply mean cheaper beef, or...???

>
> I'm sure in the short term it will.
>
> Lou


I was at Aldi yesterday, and their milk has gone down from $1.79/gal to
$1.55/gal. Prior the the brief price increase to $1.79, Aldi had milk
at $1.49/gal for the longest time. Alas, I did not notice the current
price at the IGA.

Sky

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