tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post2863100906376733445..comments2023-07-20T05:55:32.639-07:00Comments on john bunting's dairy journal: Economic ModelsJohn Buntinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272618807602920448noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-44472598206842147282011-01-26T10:32:41.196-08:002011-01-26T10:32:41.196-08:00Rules are for those with power to manipulate. This...Rules are for those with power to manipulate. This is evidenced daily in the dairy industry. Regardless of the commodity prices, if the milk price doesn't cover cost of production then farmers have nothing and less than nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-59494900274344715682011-01-26T09:40:20.246-08:002011-01-26T09:40:20.246-08:00According to the CATO Institute "even though ...According to the CATO Institute "even though the portion of the population that farms has declined, the USDA bureaucracy has not. There is now roughly one bureaucrat for every six full-time farmers." <br /><br />Perhaps a high profile and respected political leader will step up at some point and call for the abolition of the USDA! As evidenced by folks who have weighed in on John's blog the USDA clearly is not doing their job they were mandated to do.<br /><br />Eliminating the USDA would be a step in the right direction for dairy farmers.<br /><br />Next up - the self-serving cooperatives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-21034347071035383122011-01-26T08:43:34.377-08:002011-01-26T08:43:34.377-08:00Commodity prices went down today for those with eu...Commodity prices went down today for those with euros $1.37 another level of complexity !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-64920105204221494592011-01-25T21:15:00.118-08:002011-01-25T21:15:00.118-08:00Well you can't feed the world with high commod...Well you can't feed the world with high commodity prices. No magic solution here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-58841037260195473852011-01-25T17:24:18.319-08:002011-01-25T17:24:18.319-08:00Mr. Aggregate your point is well taken. My respons...Mr. Aggregate your point is well taken. My response, the loss of profit, equity, net worth and in the worse case life should be accumulated in aggregate. I grant the privilege to milk cows is not a right. However the impact of 1031 tax exchange, lack of enforcement by government, false product reporting, imports and silent credits prove a game without rules. We are faced with a looming world food crisis. Do you have suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-52750154407913917762011-01-25T14:47:59.193-08:002011-01-25T14:47:59.193-08:00That graph is in the aggregate. Ahhh...the persua...That graph is in the aggregate. Ahhh...the persuasive power of numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-90684971580331731532011-01-25T05:21:54.419-08:002011-01-25T05:21:54.419-08:00Every body i talk to has either fewer cows or lowe...Every body i talk to has either fewer cows or lower milk per cow. DO you think that usda is using a model that extrapolates milk per cow off of cheese yields. SO more MPC's means more milk? I think USDA is lost! they must be calling the KIWI's? What happens when the puppet masters realize the lie they told is to big?Jrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-62114721003533056922011-01-24T18:40:42.505-08:002011-01-24T18:40:42.505-08:00John, there you go again applying common logic to ...John, there you go again applying common logic to an economic complexity. Secretary Vilsack has spent several hundred thousand and assembled the finest pedigree economist only to chase the tail of the current system. Yes I realize your over qualified, what a damn shame. That Pete Hardin guy sure is lucky! You boys stay after that nmpf plan word on the street is it's bad news. What the hell happened to Dave his home work is due!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com