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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:01 PM Original message |
Dairy Cows Head For Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. This saddens me. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is called Deflation and we are in Peril. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ironic... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is ice cream still unfordable? |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
82. Yes, B & J ice cream $5.19 a quart, cheapest butter $4.85 a pound |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Time to put the old girls to rest, just think of them as baby-boomers |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, oh! This means higher prices. I am assuming there are no more |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Price supports ended 2001..Bushwacker strikes again. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. It doesn't mean higher prices |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Yes but a dead cow doesn't recover when the economy recovers. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I quit buying the damned stuff when it hit $4.50 a gallon. I use |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I so hate to tell you this... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. I doubt the powdered milk I have bought in the past year has melamine. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. agree - plus one of the things that pushed milk prices up |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've noticed deep price cuts in a lot of groceries |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. So have I, and it's been going on for months now. |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. Haven't seen any of it here |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Up in stores and restaurants! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Haven't seen any lower prices in my neck of the woods. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is good news |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. No, it isn't good news. In the near term there will be plentiful |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You don't know that for sure...time will tell |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. No.... |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. You don't remember the Reagan-era dairy herd buyout? |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. I realize mine probably won't be a popular opinion here... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I'm looking forward to the day |
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remoulade (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Thank you! Burgers are on me! |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. HAHA! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Whole milk was a staple in people's diets... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. my god, there is so much ignorance here. I don't know where to begin. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Mmmmmmm.....steak!! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. A lot of self-justification there, with wrong information. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Something else to consider is how the animals we eat are fed and raised. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
73. Shhh! Don't tell anyone! |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. 'will happily lap up milk if it is available'... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Where did you get your numbers? |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. John Robbins, heir-apparent to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Health risks yes, and there are bad environmental impacts of meat-based diets |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. One of the many ironic misconceptions.... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. As you can see, it wasn't. |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. yes, i've been to that forum recently.. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. Humans as a whole go veggie? Never going to happen. We're not wired that way. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. umm no lower milk prices at stores in my part of SoCal - few lower prices on anything really nt |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Buy Soy Milk |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes, this is an indication of... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Destroy our dairy infrastructure" -- so we can import milk from China |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. how come I still pay inflated prices for milk? |
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bagimin (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. $2.89 a gal |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. 5 or 6 a week? |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not so much. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I drink about a gallon a week, maybe.... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
70. When I Was a Teenager |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I buy organic |
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DemWynner (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. This means bad meat as well |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Not at all. Just watch the grade you buy and how you cook it. besides some WILL be fed out. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't feel sorry for those cows who will go to slaughter. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. I wish there were a hell for factory farmers. I wish they could be kept in cages too small for them |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. perpetually pregnant |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. That was the only part of it you take issue with? |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. Ah excuse me, I mixed two atrocitites. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Not in the capacity demanded by the milk industry. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Yes, my 7 yr old daughter wants those guys to be in the same cage with W |
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bird gerhl (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. what a fucking waste |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Funny thing this will cause milk prices to rise once again. nt |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. If the price of milk is tanking |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Mainly that's due to the fact that |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Your last sentence is especially true |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'll get a lot of flack for this one, but here it goes; |
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Tashca (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. No flak from me |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. at least they (farmers) were able to make some money for; |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
42. On the bright side, I hope it destroys the veal industry. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Mmm...veal.... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. So you don't mind being called a douchebag? n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. If it allows me to eat veal.... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I have nothing but pity for you. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Very sad news..... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. god, Im glad I became a vegan. |
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ozu (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. lactose intolerant |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. I spend over $4.00 per 2 L at the grocery store. I can spend just over $5.00 |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. If the farmers get only $0.80 for each gallon, why is regular milk around $4,00? |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. This breaks my heart on so many levels. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
74. Does this mean hamburger meat will get cheaper? Yummy |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
80. Silver Lining: less greenhouse gas emisions from all the cow farts |
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