A documentary on dairies in NYstate

larry@stinescorner · Nov 17, 2019

Check it out?
Sour Milk

john in la · Nov 17, 2019

I have seen that.
It is on Netflix under a show called "Rotten"

They also has shows on....
Bees and honey
Meat chickens
Peanuts
Cod
and others.

oldsarge · Nov 17, 2019

Can't watch it,or I guess don't wanna

Bruce from Can. · Nov 17, 2019

I watched the video Larry , and I know just exactly how those farmers feel. Every year , some of my neighbors go out of the dairy business. Many just can?t make any money milking cows anymore, while other farms are not big enough to expand their operations and remain financially viable, while others that have expanded now have their backs to the wall, with no room to move. Lower milk prices, low cattle prices for bull calves and cull cows have hurt everyone. And farms that reliied on purebred sales have been hit ever harder. I keep my head down, and take few chances, and we hire no help. Our farm is still showing a profit each year, but as every year goes by, nearly all of my input cost continue to increase in cost, while milk price remains pretty much unchanged. We are always on the lookout for less expensive ways to make milk. I will not continue to milk cows, if the cost of production exceeds the price I get paid for the milk. If that happens, it will be time to quit. Bruce

Adirondack case guy · Nov 17, 2019

Those farmers in the video are friends and neighbors. I have know them all for years. SUNY Cobelskill is about 25 miles from here. The wife and I have known John and Chrisy Nellis since high school and we sold equipment to the young lad's great grandfather on the Salty Hollar Farm. They are no more than 5 miles from use.--------------Loren

larry@stinescorner · Nov 17, 2019

When I was watching it,I kind of thought they were near you,Had you seen the video before?

r.w.b. · Nov 17, 2019

I feel for all that milked,cant watch it,think how much i invested and broke even selling out 10 years later.no way to make money selling grade A milk for less than a dollar a gallon n processers sell it skimmed and adulterized in plastic jugs for 2.75 n up

jaoneill · Nov 17, 2019

Wow, talk about a sad, depressing walk down memory lane. Sold my cows in '88 after several years of stagnant milk prices; probably the most difficult decision I ever had to make. We had a registered dairy and overseas sales of heifers made the difference for us, we were financially solvent, but the handwriting was on the wall and at forty two I was still young enough to transition to another occupation. I still miss the "girls" and avoid the empty barn as much as possible.

Jim

Traditional Farmer · Nov 17, 2019

The people that raised hogs and poultry went thru the same thing back in the 60's,large commercial operations took over the market.Just a fact of life in today's World, technology is changing almost every industry just the way the world is going.When technology makes milk cheaper to buy at at Walmart about 0% of the Walmart shoppers really care why.And why should they? They are getting the same product for less $$$ doesn't matter if it comes off a herd of 50 cows,500 cows or 5000 cows.People in a changing industry of any kind can either go down with the ship or come up with a business model that works in 2019 and beyond, because almost no business model from the 1970's works in any industry these days.

A documentary on dairies in NYstate

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