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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
From what I've seen farmers have much more disposable income than most other folk,they choose to go into dairy farming something only a bad business person would do without calculating the pro's and con's.
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Some dairy farms are passed down the families and have been in the family for generations.
Farming is a seven day a week job....a job where you are never clocked off.
The costs include veterinary bills to ensure the animals are healthy.
Would you work seven days a week? Forego holidays? Make a loss because supermarkets refuse to pay a reasonable price for a staple product?
If we do not pay a reasonable amount for milk then our dairy farmers will go bust and we will be importing milk from the continent....probably at a higher cost.
You make a sweeping generalisation without any evidence for your comment.....apart from 'what you have seen'.
How many farmers balance sheets have you seen?
I do not use a lot of milk or dairy products, but I would definitely be willing to pay more.....but only if it was going into the pocket of the dairy farmer.