Food shortages coming?

[s35wf]

well now i have another movie to watch. had to lookup "soylent green" to find out what the heck it is/was. eeewwww its people. but yeah ashes to ashes, dust to dust....., but still.......Yuck

 

[LibForestPaul]

There is a dairy farm right across the road from me and they can't sell their milk except to a plant that buys it from them. The only way I can get any milk from them is if they give it to me. They said it is illegal for them to sell their milk to the public.

Milk is a very odd commodity. Heavily regulated. Worse than sugar. Not representative of food commodities.

 

[s35wf]

Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
There is a dairy farm right across the road from me and they can't sell their milk except to a plant that buys it from them. The only way I can get any milk from them is if they give it to me. They said it is illegal for them to sell their milk to the public.


Then start trading them in either labor or barter for it. its not pasturized yet, most states its illegal to sell "raw" milk. unfortunately my daughter will Never know what real/fresh milk from a cow looks like or tastes like. i would love to have the cream off the top for my coffee

 

[jy006m]

well, they are in the process of slaughtering a bunch of cattle to prop up milk prices. It's in the "stimulus" bill.

link?

That would be nuts. I want confirmation though.

 

[jpwilhelm]

There is a dairy farm right across the road from me and they can't sell their milk except to a plant that buys it from them. The only way I can get any milk from them is if they give it to me. They said it is illegal for them to sell their milk to the public.

Last year I heard the Amish here in MI got raided for selling milk in their community. Now I here they now moving to Venezuela.

 

[ihsv]

Where we are, we just pay the dude a dollar to "own" (collectively) the cow, then pay him a few bucks to "milk" a gallon for us.

 

[theoakman]

There is a dairy farm right across the road from me and they can't sell their milk except to a plant that buys it from them. The only way I can get any milk from them is if they give it to me. They said it is illegal for them to sell their milk to the public.

and this should give you some insight as to why they are having problems. They were already in bed with the government. The dairy farm I go to receives no subsidies and can sell to whomever they want. The idea that a farmer can't sell milk above $1 a gallon or whatever the hell they quoted for this subsidy is beyond ridiculous. You have a ton of people on this message board alone that would jump at the chance to buy it at twice as much. Just because the middleman is fucking them over, they want to stick the consumer with the bill.

 

[theoakman]

link?

That would be nuts. I want confirmation though.

someone posted it earlier in the thread. Just go to yahoo news and search "milk and cattle". You'll find it.

 

[Texan4Life]

very interesting.... Though there was one bit that I found funny..

Conditions in Texas are so bad cattle are keeling over in parched pastures and dying. Lack of rainfall has left pastures barren, and cattle producers have resorted to feeding animals hay.

Since when did cows not eat hay???


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Wow, here is the kicker:

Appreciating a currency is the fastest way to control food inflation. A more valuable currency allows a nation to monopolize more global resources (ie: the overvalued dollar allows the US to consume 25% of the world's oil despite having only 4% of the world's population). If China were to selloff its US reserves, its enormous population would start sucking up the world's food supply like the US has been doing with oil.

On the flip side, when a nation appreciates its currency and starts consuming more of the world's resources, it leaves less for everyone else. So when china appreciates the yuan, food shortages worldwide will increase and prices everywhere else will jump upwards. As there is nothing that breeds social unrest like soaring food prices, nations around the world, from Russia, to the EU, to Saudi Arabia, to India, will sell off their foreign reserves to appreciate their currencies and reduce the cost of food imports. In response to this, China will sell even more of its reserves and so on. That is competitive currency appreciation.

When faced with competitive currency appreciation, you do NOT want to be the world's reserve currency. The dollar is likely to do very poorly as central banks liquidate trillions in US holdings to buy food and appreciate their currencies.

 

[moostraks]

Where we are, we just pay the dude a dollar to "own" (collectively) the cow, then pay him a few bucks to "milk" a gallon for us.

I LOVE this solution...

 

[LibForestPaul]

Where we are, we just pay the dude a dollar to "own" (collectively) the cow, then pay him a few bucks to "milk" a gallon for us.

R U Serious, cuz if you are, that is fn

 

[LibForestPaul]

Since when did cows not eat hay???
:

Lookup rendering plants-but be prepared, it aint pretty.

 

[s35wf]

Lookup rendering plants-but be prepared, it aint pretty.

id read about this somewhere; but didnt know it was called "rendering" ; yes, it'd be great to have a grass fed cow across the street, down the road, anywhere nearby..,,,,,but i have NONE damn

 

[ihsv]

R U Serious, cuz if you are, that is fn

Yes. If you own the cow, you can legally drink all the milk she produces, all day long. You can't sell the milk, but you can pay someone to milk/board her for you

Think of it as "corporate ownership"