tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post4708937321795519551..comments2023-07-20T05:55:32.639-07:00Comments on john bunting's dairy journal: Fortune Telling from DCJohn Buntinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272618807602920448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-80348309516482512712009-12-31T09:00:08.796-08:002009-12-31T09:00:08.796-08:00I for one "hope" that the price predicti...I for one "hope" that the price predictions are at least what is quoted above, more would be better, less also remains possible.<br />As in the bottom of Pandora's box, all we may have left is hope? I think the saying is "hope springs eternal". Which I believe means we can never lose it, hope that is. Maybe we are just "living on hope"? "Hope" that the milk price will increase to a level so bills can be paid and critters cared for in a proper manner. Some days "hope" is all we have to keep us going and we try to sustain ourselves as we believe that somehow our "hope" will improve our lot.<br />But someday reality will have to set in and we'll have to realize that all our hope is in fact "hopeless". Reality always trumps hope. Hope should be used only for things we can't control. But milk prices, at least in theory, should be within our control. However we can't rely on hope in place of action. Perhaps the thought of meaningful action by dairy farmers is also just hopeful thinking, or maybe it's hopeless?<br />I hope you all understand, and I hope next year will be better than this one was.<br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-33032787254863433712009-12-31T06:18:20.497-08:002009-12-31T06:18:20.497-08:00The part that is forgotten is that some folks stil...The part that is forgotten is that some folks still produce there own feed and the cost of doing that has not been cheap recently. So those are still the working cost 1-2 years later which does not change our costs as fast as sitting a at desk and using todays market prices. Someone producer somewhere whether it is a dairyman or a crop producer is getting the shortend of the stick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com