Poll Results

Sept/Oct. 2009

Question: What would you prefer Congress to do?
Raise dairy support prices again
34
21%
Buy cheese and then donate it
51
31%
Stay out of it
51
31%
Other
28
17%
 
    
s1645
2
1%
BALANCE OUR INPORTS AND STOP MPC
1
1%
base program
1
1%
change pricing methods but not base it on cost of production
1
1%
Change the way that milk is priced and stop the importation of MPC's.
1
1%
congress should break up the monopolies that control the buying and processing our milk. It is up to us the farmers to control the supply of product in the market, according to the demand.
1
1%
cost of production
1
1%
Cost of production plus 20% & cost of living goes up, our price goes up accordingly. No fee deductions except for membership dues. All other fees are passed on to the consumer. Any surplus is donated to the needy not put into powdered milk & store
1
1%
direct payment to dairymen
1
1%
Donate to cwt
1
1%
educate farmers on overproduction and the need for supply management
1
1%
fully fund MILC to 78-100%
1
1%
Get rid of product and cows.....
1
1%
limit expansion
1
1%
Make CWT mandatory but for now use the money to buy out extra cattle. This is a supply issue compounded by ancient dairy price determination
1
1%
Mandatory CWT membership for 100% of producers
1
1%
national base program
1
1%
put a cap on farms.
1
1%
raise class 1 prices above cost of production
1
1%
Raise Class I
1
1%
raise milk prices so dairyfarms make money overcost and cut into the outragiouse profits dean foods,kraft, dfa make be more fair to the dairyfarmer. randy
1
1%
reform price system,with prodution limts and teirs
1
1%
rustructure pricing system to be more responsive
1
1%
support the dairy price stabalization plan
1
1%
they need to concerned for the quality of the products coming into this country.we have to follow standards why shouldnt the other countries?
1
1%
Vote yes S1645
1
1%
(blank)
1
1%

164 Responses in 26 days.
 

Comments
Jim B
Oct 2, 2009
That is a good point the chart on daily dairy report today shows that same point. It took the new support price to stimulate nfdm to finally move up.
big e
Sep 26, 2009
at the end of july gov raised the support price.The price of cheese and nfdm came up to that level without the gov purchase before the end of july. If this was a true market the price would not have changed so quickley the gov would of had to buy some product before it moved. So maybe we need the gov to support the price or change the price discovery system. Its not working the world price has been higher for a while now. Why has our price not moved? It's a false market.
bp
Sep 25, 2009
If everyone in the dairy business including coops, processors, gov., etc.would get a 1/2 reduction in pay with no way of getting back that lose, I bet there would soon be a solution to this terrible mess of milk pricing
teresa
Sep 24, 2009
They need to do something fast, us dairymen are so stressed out, the price of milk vs the price to sustain a dairy do not match, all the businesses that work with the dairies are bleeding for money. Just try to be in the dairymen"s shoes!!!!
unknown
Sep 23, 2009
Also with price supports it encourages impotrs becuase they can buy them cheaper than the price support priced products
unknow
Sep 22, 2009
people do some research on price supports anytime you raise them it makes it harder to export our products and the government can only stock so much.when they raise the support price you can only export it at that price and nothing under so other countrie can sit ther and out bid us and does nothing to get rid of our surplus. Like the gov. raising the support price of milk if anybody noticed milking was being traded well above the knew temporary support price so what good did that do.
A/Lucks
Sep 22, 2009
Is it the real answer?how long do we have to wait for some kind of solution?i know alot of us just would like to be breaking even.when everyday you know you are going to the barn and you are losing money before turning the lights on, its a little frustrating.what other business in the world could be running like this?i am trying to organize a meeting in north western pa./south western ny.please drop me a line for any suggestions at lucksdairy@yahoo.com thank you
John Tewksbury
Sep 19, 2009
The real answer to our problem is the Spector-Casey bill S1645 which will give us a cost of production for our price and a supply management program and help alleviate import problems.