Price of milk

[Ickisrulz]

Did the price of milk go down everywhere? We're now paying $1.50 per gallon. A few weeks ago it was $1.19.

[too many things]

well trump took some of the support prices off so now the farmers cant get the extra money and have to sell at market price.
will see cheese drop too but much later as they can use the old milk. till farmers are gone .

[Ickisrulz]

well trump took some of the support prices off so now the farmers cant get the extra money and have to sell at market price.
will see cheese drop too but much later as they can use the old milk. till farmers are gone .

What is a "support price?"

[NyFirefighter357]

We pay anywhere between $3.50 & $5 gallon here.

[tinsnips]

We pay about $6.oo per gallon here.

[Tom W.]

I've seen from $2.50 in one store in Columbus to almost $6 in a Publix store in Phenix City....

[Cheeto303]

I go out and milk a goat.

[merlin101]

What is a "support price?"

A federal subsidy, farmers have been betting milk subsidies for decades.

[merlin101]

will see cheese drop too but much later as they can use the old milk. till farmers are gone .

Some may fall by the wayside but eventually the supply will met the demand WITHOUT government intervention! The gvmt shouldn't pick winners or loses nor set prices.

[sav300]

$1.99 per litre here.

[lead-1]

Depending on the store you visit it's going anywhere from $1.29 to $3.69 a gallon in this area.

[Bookworm]

The U.S.government supported milk prices for decades, since at least the 1930's, by actually purchasing milk at a set 'floor' price.
That milk was given out, often in the form of "government cheese", as a form of welfare. These handouts of basics - milk, cheese, rice, flour, cooking oil - went on into at least the late 1960s. I can remember seeing the blocks of cheese, labeled " U.S.government - not for sale ". If one wanted the handouts, one went to a certain place on a certain day of the month and got it.
Few people went to get it, unless they absolutely had no other choice. There was a stigma attached to getting handouts, it meant you weren't capable of taking care of yourself and your family.

My, how times have changed.

[nekshot]

I used to have dairy till I had a serious fall. The govt needs to stay out of milk!! Let supply and demand determine the price. The govts involvement was the dems wanting cheap food for their food programs and I still get frosted about it even though I am out of dairy cows. I now milk some goats!!

[DocSavage]

Store brand whole milk is 2.59 to 2.99 around here. Bought milk at a stop and rob
$4.00 for a gallon won't make that mistake again. IIRC the AG here fined one of the local store chains for selling milk at a lower price than the other regional chains. Australia $8.00 a gallon YIKES.

[Love Life]

I tried milking soybeans, but didn’t get anything.


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[WebMonkey]

meat and milk goats here.
havent had to buy milk in awhile.

2.50 a gallon in stores here though

[marlin39a]

I've been paying $1.99 a gallon for awhile.

[GhostHawk]

The government sets prices to keep end prices low for consumers.

Farmers want nothing more than the government to get out of their business and leave them alone.

Sadly it does not happen much that way.

You think milk is bad, look into sugar.

The last time there was a change in the whole milk support price half the dairy farmers in the USA sold out. Be careful what you ask for, you may get it and not like it.

[jdfoxinc]

But steaks were cheap for a short time.

[rockrat]

I remember the cheese. Fellow that worked for Granddad a few days of the week would get some. He said most people would get the cheese and just toss it in the trash, saying it was junk. He brought a block that someone was tossing. Granddad made some pimento cheese from it. It was good. We finished the whole 5 lbs. Just as good as most store bought cheese.