tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post3147754746131968889..comments2024-03-29T06:20:24.624-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : Farmer's Crystal Ball.northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-7681345986064730792015-04-01T02:06:43.376-06:002015-04-01T02:06:43.376-06:00Hi Cumbrian. Isn't ironic that China seems to...Hi Cumbrian. Isn't ironic that China seems to export and manufacture products to the West and we are going to export dried milk for the babies of their next work force. The quotas were brought in to get rid of the wine lakes and butter mountains. I am going to sit tight and watch the dairy expansion with much interest. Wonder if it will be boom and bust like the traditional capitalist way? There was a major recession in the 1830's. Looks like we are going to see a 'Milk Revolution'. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-61303245639009290712015-04-01T02:00:50.582-06:002015-04-01T02:00:50.582-06:00Thanks Anne for your thoughts. I think most peopl...Thanks Anne for your thoughts. I think most people go for cheap food because the cost of living is so expensive these days. Another thing to consider is the enviromental cost in terms of dairy farmers using more 'bag manure' (chemical fertilizers) and the run off into the watercourses. I think a lot of small farmers will be tempted to sell or rent their land to the dairy farmers. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-82405327283102153602015-03-31T14:18:03.959-06:002015-03-31T14:18:03.959-06:00Yes, be nice to have a crystal ball, sometimes the...Yes, be nice to have a crystal ball, sometimes these changes have unexpected consequences.<br /><br />Difficult to predict what will happen to the price of milk, there's little point in over-production, unless of course there's some sort of price guarantee, the law of supply and demand usually works that the more that is available, the less will be the price. Remember the wine lakes and butter mountains?<br /><br />One to watch with interest. cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-69442278979345550542015-03-31T12:36:10.881-06:002015-03-31T12:36:10.881-06:00I think it will make little difference to the amou...I think it will make little difference to the amount of vegetables and fruit that is imported into this county. The average shopper does not give a dam where their food comes from as long as it's cheap, they also couldn't care less if it's out of season and has been in storage for up to a year and then sold as fresh. The sad fact is that the average person gas no connection to their food. There is so much that could and was grown in Ireland. Who to blame? A political system that allowed supermarkets supremacy. It's called capitalism.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com