primitives discuss dairy prices

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

housewolf  (1000+ posts)        Sat Mar-06-10 01:38 AM
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What the heck has gone on with dairy prices over the past couple months?

I paid $3.19 for a HALF gallon of whole milk at the supermarket this afternoon - not two months ago, it was about $1.99 for the same half gallon, a full gallon at Trader Joes was about $3.00 and a pint of half and half was about $.99. Today I paid $2.69 for that same pint of half and half. A quart of whipping cream today sells for the about the same price as the half gallon I bought a while back that has a higher fat content.

I'm mystified... what's going on????

Oh, I dunno.

franksolich is a voracious consumer of dairy products, and in fact perhaps the best friend dairy farmers have.

Milk prices seem to bounce up-and-down considerably more than gasoline prices.

But it's no big deal, as it evens out.  Sometimes one can get two one-gallon jugs of real whole milk for $4, other times just one single gallon costs $3.19.

I'm sure there's a lot of factors involved, but when milk is high, I don't worry about it, because milk's going to be low again soon.  It's just the ups-and-downs of life.

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sat Mar-06-10 02:31 AM
THE FARMERETTE IN WISCONSIN
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1. something's up -- some prices are crazy

Two days ago I paid $2.99/pound for shelled walnuts in bulk. Today they were $6.99/pound.

I haven't noticed a great fluctuation in dairy, though. 1/2 gal milk 1.25 on sale, 1.59 regular price. Butter $2/pound, good brands. I paid 79 cents for a pint of 1/2 1/2 today; it was on sale.

Maybe 0bamaflation?

housewolf  (1000+ posts)        Sat Mar-06-10 08:55 AM
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4. Where do you shop, Grasswire?

The prices I posted are from QFC, not the cheapest place in town but still big differences from 2 months ago and now, for AlpenRose products (except the whipping cream, it was Darigold). Actually I didn't buy the AlpenRose half & half 'cause it was $2.69 for a pint, and it was about $.99 a couple months ago.

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sat Mar-06-10 11:59 AM
THE FARMERETTE IN WISCONSIN
Response to Reply #4

6. a Kroger chain

Isn't QFC also owned by Kroger?

None of it makes any sense. I did see butter jump dramatically right after Xmas but then the sale prices came down again.

DrDan  (1000+ posts)      Sat Mar-06-10 07:57 AM
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2. no fluctuations in Florida - paid $2.70 or so for a gallon last Saturday and butter was 2.80 a pound or so

TreasonousBastard  (1000+ posts)      Sat Mar-06-10 07:57 AM
THE PRIMITIVE FULL OF BEANS
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3. Around here, dairy's down...

milk under 3 bucks a gallon, and I just got 3 pounds of butter for 5 bucks. Cheese, sour cream, ice cream, and 32 oz yogurts are always on sale somewhere.

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Sat Mar-06-10 08:59 AM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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5. Sometimes things like this are pegged to fuel costs for transportation and gas took a sharp rise the other day.

I buy organic milk and cream (Organic Valley brand) and haven't seen hardly any fluctuation for quite a while.

AwakeAtLast  (1000+ posts)        Sat Mar-06-10 01:26 PM
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7. Ours is constantly on sale

I've been paying $2.29 to $2.69 a gallon for about six months or so. Let's hope that does not continue for you!

[jukin]

The answer is clear. Government need to take on Big Dairy..... maybe nationalize it so a gallon of milk would cost $10.

[JohnnyReb]

How about that Obama inspired $150 per dairy cow fart tax?

[shadeaux]

Milk prices fluctuate more than gas around here but if you're looking for a bargain on regular whole milk that tastes good and is fresh, any corner gas station can help you out.  Usually between $1.99 and $2.50 in my area.

Now if you need fancy milk, anything other than the regular whole or non fat then yes, you will pay more.

They know this.  Anyway, the milk price bump was on the news two days ago when they warned of higher gas prices.

[The Village Idiot]

How about that Obama inspired $150 per dairy cow fart tax?

Thats sure to be passed on.

[Carl]

I work in a place that has dairy farmers as their primary customer..they are in dire straits.

I have asked several what exactly determines the price they are paid for a hundredweight  (cwt) of milk and not one yet can tell me,I couldn`t guess either.

In 1986 there was a "buyout" of dairy farms by the government to reduce the production of class 1 fluid milk.
The subsidy remained and 24 years later the problem brought on by new deal cheap food policy is still wreaking havoc with the industry.

It is a prime example of dependency and how difficult it is to undo any government policy once enacted.

[crockspot]

Housewolf should thank god he does not live in Canada. Dairy prices there are extremely high, especially for higher fat content. You know, fat is bad for you, so they make you pay through the nose for it. They think it will end up costing their national health care system less in the end.

[NHSparky]

Milk is expensive?  Doubling in price?

Really--and here I've been paying usually $2 for a half-gallon for 2 percent, or maybe $3 to $3.25 for a gallon at the grocery stores.  Then again, Cumby's (corner gas station) does 1 or 2 percent milk for $2.59 a gallon pretty much all the time.

Then again, these are the same retards who bitch about a loaf of bread that used to cost $1.19 now costs $3.50, without noticing they got totally different types of bread each time.

[Chris]

Cows should be forced to produce milk 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep milk prices low.

 

[GOBUCKS]

I suspect the DUmmy bought "organic" milk, which includes the customary doubling of prices for the well-meaning numbskulls who fall for that scam.

[debk]

There's a huge variation, here, at most every store between the primary dairy brand and the store brand.

I usually buy 2%.....at Walmart, it's $4.98 for the dairy, and $2.58 for the store brand. I was at the neighborhood grocery the other day, picking some up and the dairy brand was $4 something almost to $5 and the store brand was in the low $3 range. 

Occasionally the Pilot runs a special on the dairy brand...but unless we run out, we don't get it there...because it's just a block over to the neighborhood grocery.

I don't drink milk, but the Boys go through a gallon about every 2 days...and both have said they can't tell the difference between the dairy brand and the store brands.

I used to only buy the dairy brand for sour cream, whipping cream, cottage cheese, ice cream and french onion dip. They don't make butter for some reason. The only thing I still consistently buy is the french onion dip....no one else's is any where near as good. Everything else is just too expensive for very little taste difference.

[NHSparky]

$5 a gallon for the dairy brand?  WTF???

[debk]

$5 a gallon for the dairy brand?  WTF???

Yeah...and that's at WALMART!!!!

The dairy has been around I think forever and I know many people who will not even consider buying the store brand! 

Client/friends came by one night to sign a bunch of paperwork and we ended up eating pizza and I made a cake for dessert. I asked the husband if he wanted a glass of milk with it and poured him a big glass. The wife went nuts that I poured such a large glass because of the price. The husband couldn't tell the difference in the taste.

They only buy the dairy brand and have 3 adult kids living at home, so she kind of rations it. She said no one in her household will drink the store brand....told her to pour store brand into dairy containers!!  

[The Village Idiot]

Anyone buy their dairy at Braums or similar store?

[debk]

Anyone buy their dairy at Braums or similar store?

We don't have Braum's. We do have quick shops/gas stations that carry their own brand of dairy products. They have returnable gallon jugs. They are as expensive as the main dairy in the grocery stores.

[The Village Idiot]

We don't have Braum's. We do have quick shops/gas stations that carry their own brand of dairy products. They have returnable gallon jugs. They are as expensive as the main dairy in the grocery stores.

When I was a kid I thought Braum's was a burger place that had a side store selling milk and ice cream... lol. Well it kind of is the other way around.

[JohnnyReb]

You know, WTH does a DUmmie know about milk cows....the only cow they know anything about is the multi-tittied gummint cow that they're all sucking.