Posted by BarnyardEngineering on February 01, 2023 at 07:55:51 from (161.69.123.10):
In Reply to: Canadian dairy farmer posted by 550Doug on February 01, 2023 at 06:37:54:
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Much easier to just cut back the high-energy ration and produce less milk. In other words, quit stuffing them full of grain. The reduced feed bill more than makes up for the loss of production.
Dairy farmers are the ONLY farmers who expect the distribution level to buy all their product no matter how much they overproduce. If you've got vegetables you can't get rid of because you grew too many and there's no market for them before they go bad, you get to keep them.
Here in the US they just lower the commodity price of milk, for all the good it does. When the price goes down, the answer is to add on, push the cows harder, make up for the shortfall on volume. When the price goes up, the answer is to add on, push the cows harder, and take advantage of the high prices.
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