tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post5472335603158369122..comments2023-07-20T05:55:32.639-07:00Comments on john bunting's dairy journal: PowerJohn Buntinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272618807602920448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-72239458055554082892009-09-25T02:21:31.095-07:002009-09-25T02:21:31.095-07:00Thanks, folks...what you firmly believe to be true...Thanks, folks...what you firmly believe to be true and what you can use to convince others who pounced on the letter as evidence of a witch hunt are not always the same.threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-8024719215083489962009-09-24T10:10:55.226-07:002009-09-24T10:10:55.226-07:003 puppy: It's a desperate attempt by Deans to...3 puppy: It's a desperate attempt by Deans to twist the numbers. They may "only" control 15% of all milk, BUT Deans is a fluid processor. They don't make cheese, or yogurt or other class 2,3or4 products. So, if you take the national class I utilization for last month, you will find a usage of 37%.<br /><br />So, breaking it down to simple cwts, Dean controls 15lbs of every 100lbs nationally. BUT only 37 lbs of that 100 are class 1. SO divide Deans 15% into that 37 lbs and you come up with 40.5% control of class 1 milk.<br /><br />RustyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-39415201299027401872009-09-24T08:15:46.865-07:002009-09-24T08:15:46.865-07:00Math isn't my strongest subject, so if I'm...Math isn't my strongest subject, so if I'm way off on this please just let me know.<br />The July milk price in Europe was 24.77 euro cents per liter. The exchange rate is 1 Euro = 1.4771 U.S. Dollars. So .2477 Euro cents would convert into .366 American cents. One liter of milk is approx. 2.2 pounds, for a U.S. price of about 16.64 cents per pound or $16.64 dollars per cwt. <br />These guys are on strike, dumping milk with a price that is considerably higher than what we have been getting for months.<br />I will say no more as your brain can take it from here.<br />Jeff SuehringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266934439288377947.post-11192269896612137142009-09-24T02:57:28.380-07:002009-09-24T02:57:28.380-07:00I am sure you saw the pro big processor article on...I am sure you saw the pro big processor article on Dairy Herd Management yesterday, along with a long letter from the editor taking anybody who believes there is monopolistic influence on the price of milk to task.<br />http://www.dairyherd.com/news_editorial.asp?pgid=675&ed_id=9497&ts=nl1<br />Dean claims to buy less than 15 % of the nation's milk supply. I have been called to explain and I don't have the numbers...can you discuss this? and thanks.threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.com