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WOC Diva
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« on: August 01, 2009, 04:42:27 PM »

According to several articles I've read, there is a serious dairy product shortage coming down the pike very rapidly.  As such, milk, cheese, and butter are going to become increasingly more expensive--seriously expensive. I suggest you use those dairy coupons you've got and stock up. You can keep the cheese and butter in the freezer or you can bottle the butter and wax the cheese. Even stocking up on powdered milk would be a wise idea right now. 

The Agriculture Department is raising prices on your dairy products. (How they have the authority to do this is beyond me, but for now, it is what it is.)

Farmers claim that it costs more to make milk than they get to sell it. Guess what that means? Can you say milk shortage?? In June of this year, The National Milk Producers Federation said they would PAY farmers to slaughter diary cows in order to manipulate the prices higher based on ?supply and demand.? (Despicable, I know.)

Michael Swanson, chief economist at Wells Fargo, told Bloomberg, "The milk price remains well below the total cost of production."

Cheese is expected to increase in price SIGNIFICANTLY as is butter. What does this mean to you? Start buying cheese and butter while you can afford it, and then wax or can it so that you can have it on hand!
 
By the way, on the internet you'll find .50 cent off Challenge Butter coupons, $1.00 off coupon of any two pounds of cheese, plus a .75 cents off coupon of a gallon of milk. (There's also a .75 cents off of any kind of yogurt.)

To capitalize on these coupons, go to coupons.com. If these offers don't work for your zip code.  Albertson's has a double coupon out this week making your cheese, butter, yogurt, and milk VERY affordable. Limit is printing 2 coupon per computer.
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mckinnli
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2009, 06:10:45 PM »

Thanks for the heads up! I'll be sure to stock up on those things!
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2009, 06:21:20 PM »

Thank goodness for margarine! Wink
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« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2009, 06:27:34 PM »

DH raises dairy heifers.  Over 1 year ago he bought heifers for $860 a head.  He feed a ton of grain, $200 last year price this year down 50%), hay for 1 year 5 ton per head (last years price was $900 per heifer this years price dropped to $450 per heifer, two trip to the vet $35 a head not to mention the cost of gas, property taxes, water fees etc AND NO COST figured in on labor or death loss.  So let's figure this out. $860+$200+$35=$1095 plus you wouldn't expect someone to work for free there has to be profit to cover expenses WRONG Last heifer sold for $890 at auction.  We hope for $1,000 on our BEST.  That is why the farms are selling off cows.  A large dairy in Utah county is losing $70,000 a WEEK.  How long will he be able to be in business?Huh?  Everyone needs to make a profit,,you wouldn't expect you DH to work for a year for his boss and then have the boss say he lost $$ so he can't pay YOUR DH.
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« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2009, 08:51:33 PM »

The farmers definitely did better before folks started manipulating the market IMO. 
The wheat has been going up in price due to the lack of profitability in farming it as well.  In other words, we're experiencing hyper-inflation in our pricing for goods now.  So stock up on groceries, all. It's your best investment.
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nelljepp
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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2009, 07:25:43 AM »

you can bottle the butter

Is there a safe way to bottle the butter?  I have seen the blog sites about bottling butter and keeping it on your shelf for 3+ years, but there is a lot of conflicting opinions about how safe it is.  I saw these after completing the process with 1 pint.  I was excited until I read all the conflicting opinions about how safe it actually is.

Thanks!
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