Re: Farmer/Customer/Prices

[Guest guest]

Well, this is interesting to me. I hope more people weigh in on this thread. I think that cow milk here in WI goes for $2.50 to $3 per gallon at the farms around here, but I am not sure about pasteurized milk in the store. Goat milk is $18 a gallon, and I do barter/ work exchange if someone wants to. Normally they don't. The people who have complained the loudest about prices have always been the people with the most money. My college student customer who works part time at the grocery co-op is the most supportive, and the only one who takes me up on bartering. I priced my milk on my costs, and I pay myself labor, non-organic prices around here for goat milk is $12 per gallon.

Dona

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[Guest guest]

Raw cow milk ranges from $3.50 to $7.50

per gallon here in NH. Can’t even touch goat milk for under $10, at

least that I’ve been able to find. Pasteurized/homogenized cow milk

ranges from $2.75 (Costco) to $3.50 (local corner store and Wal-mart).

Sharon, NH

Well, this is interesting to me.

I hope more people weigh in on this thread. I think that cow milk

here in WI goes for $2.50 to $3 per gallon at the farms around here, but I

am not sure about pasteurized milk in the store.

[Guest guest]

I do shares, but per gall price works to

about $5 for cow and $7 for goats. At that, since I do not have an economy of

scale my labor costs are covered at only about 20 cents a gall.

It would be cheaper for me to get a job

and buy it. But….other factors mean I will not get another job, w/

children/hosing etc, and the farm is in my blood.

If I were able to move up to 2 ½ -3 x the

volume and us a milking machine I would see a return.

www.MajestyFarm.com

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From: Dona

Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005

4:23 PM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Re:

Farmer/Customer/Prices

Well, this is interesting

to me. I hope more people weigh in on this thread. I think that cow

milk here in WI goes for $2.50 to $3 per gallon at the farms around here, but I

am not sure about pasteurized milk in the store. Goat milk is $18 a

gallon, and I do barter/ work exchange if someone wants to.

Normally they don't. The people who have complained the loudest about

prices have always been the people with the most money. My college

student customer who works part time at the grocery co-op is the most

supportive, and the only one who takes me up on bartering. I priced my

milk on my costs, and I pay myself labor, non-organic prices around here for

goat milk is $12 per gallon.

Dona

Life is too short to eat grocery store cheese.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturaldairyanimals

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JeffCoWI-freecycle

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[Guest guest]

I pay $6/gal. organic jersey milk in Ct