Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Our farmer charges $4.25 a gallon from the farm or when he makes deliveries $5.00 a gal. Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 If it is goat milk it will be much more but cow milk 4-6 a gal is a fair price. We live in GA. I think it depends where you live. I even have seen it as low as $2 a gal at a farm in Minnesota that was out of there bulk tank and you bring your own container. Blessings, Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Thanks Does he supply the jugs or mason jars or whatever you are carrying it home... Or do you supply your own... I don't want this farmer getting the raw end of the deal because he is nieve about the want of raw milk.. Sandee wrote: Our farmer charges $4.25 a gallon from the farm or when he makes deliveries $5.00 a gal. Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store. I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more. Langlois HippeeSandee wrote: Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I am paying $4.95 a gal in the DC area. For what I am getting, it is soooo worth it! Kathy in Silver Spring, MD Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 He puts it in his own plastic jugs like you get at the grocery store. Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 It certainly depends on your part of the country. In NE Oklahoma, I buy raw cow's milk from a local dairy for $3 per gallon in plastic jugs like from the grocery. They have been in the raw milk business for decades, so they are not naive about the demand. He puts it in his own plastic jugs like you get at the grocery store. -- in OklahomaConcharty English Shepherds http://www.concharty.comInterested in working from home? http://karencline.thewhycircle.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 > > Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store. > I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more. > > Langlois , where do you live? I'm trying to set a price for southwestern Missouri and it helps me to know where people live as I gather information. Are you near a large city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I am in Estillfork, Alabama, about 45 miles NE of Huntsville. We need to add a "premium" for the risk the farmer is taking in providing raw milk. If your buyers think this is just another commodity purchase, then they may not properly value what they are getting. Langlois Kathy Vimont wrote: > > Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store. > I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more. > > Langlois , where do you live? I'm trying to set a price for southwestern Missouri and it helps me to know where people live as I gather information. Are you near a large city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Kathy The taste is so much better Sandee in the Catskills NY Kathy wrote: I am paying $4.95 a gal in the DC area. For what I am getting, it is soooo worth it! Kathy in Silver Spring, MD Price of Raw Milk Hi All I've found a source for my raw milk... A very beautiful clean farm, follows the organic rules... Now my question, what is a fair price for me to give him for a gallon of milk.... I think he charged me too little,, I just need to know a fair price,, after all it is priceless to be able to get it Sandee ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Here in the DC area I've seen $4.95 to $6.75, plus up to 10% for delivery for buying milk from the CARE buying club farms that come down from PA. The cow shares around here have boarding fees of $20 to $25 per month for each share, and therefore the first gallon, for cow milk, but you have to take into account the purchase of the share which is usually around $80 (one place is $30 to buy a share, but I don't think they're being realistic). Now goat milk shares sound like they go for about $10/wk boarding fee, and it's about that same price from the PA farmers, I think. Sally in Nokesville, VA Re: Re: Price of Raw Milk I am in Estillfork, Alabama, about 45 miles NE of Huntsville.We need to add a "premium" for the risk the farmer is taking in providing raw milk.If your buyers think this is just another commodity purchase, then they may not properly value what they are getting. LangloisKathy Vimont wrote: >> Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store.> I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more.> > Langlois, where do you live? I'm trying to set a price for southwestern Missouri and it helps me to know where people live as I gather information. Are you near a large city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 > > Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store. > I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more. > > Langlois > I sell licensed Grade A Raw *goat* milk and live 30 miles NE of Seattle, and about 15 miles east of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. The vets are used to thinking everyone out here is a Microsoft millionaire with an Olympic hopeful sports horse and consequently they charge goat people very high rates as well. Property taxes are high. Don't even talk to me about the price of gas for delivering my milk - my minivan gets about 20 miles per gallon. In order to sell my milk at the farmers markets in my county, the Dept of Health requires a permit of $208 per farmers market or $275 county-wide. When I set my price, I looked all around at various stores to see what Meyenburg's ultrapasteurized goat milk sold for - $3.50 - $4 a quart. And I decided that there was no way I would let my premium farm fresh all natural raw goat milk go for less. Many/most of the licensed goat dairies in WA that live in less expensive counties or have other sources of income do charge less than what Meyenburg sells for. I sell my milk in single-use plastic jugs - I don't have the interest or time to be responsible for cleaning a zillion glass jars. Debbie Higgins Rainhaven Goat Dairy www.rainhaven.com Duvall, Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 By the time I get my goat milk shipped in from SC I have just over $18.00/gallon in it. I consider it a privilege to have access to a Grade A Raw Milk dairy that is willing to go to the trouble of packing and shipping the milk to me. Don't sell your milk for less because people whine. Be like "Seinfeld's Soup Nazi" and tell the whiners "No Milk for YOU" You are a working part of an ethos that will help to heal this country... or at least delay its capitulation to barons of corporate greed. Persevere! Langlois debbie_at_rainhaven wrote: > > Organic Valley's whole milk costs $4.50/HALF gallon at the grocery store. > I think $10.00/gallon is a good starting point. I would pay more. > > Langlois > I sell licensed Grade A Raw *goat* milk and live 30 miles NE of Seattle, and about 15 miles east of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. The vets are used to thinking everyone out here is a Microsoft millionaire with an Olympic hopeful sports horse and consequently they charge goat people very high rates as well. Property taxes are high. Don't even talk to me about the price of gas for delivering my milk - my minivan gets about 20 miles per gallon. In order to sell my milk at the farmers markets in my county, the Dept of Health requires a permit of $208 per farmers market or $275 county-wide. When I set my price, I looked all around at various stores to see what Meyenburg's ultrapasteurized goat milk sold for - $3.50 - $4 a quart. And I decided that there was no way I would let my premium farm fresh all natural raw goat milk go for less. Many/most of the licensed goat dairies in WA that live in less expensive counties or have other sources of income do charge less than what Meyenburg sells for. I sell my milk in single-use plastic jugs - I don't have the interest or time to be responsible for cleaning a zillion glass jars. Debbie Higgins Rainhaven Goat Dairy www.rainhaven.com Duvall, Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I also have paid close to $20/gallon for milk when shipping is added in. I feel fortunate to now be paying only $10/gallon for cow and goat milk. I believe that consumers of raw milk feel they are getting a premium product and are willing to pay a premium price. I don't think that raw milk producers should feel they have to compete with commercial producers. I'm concerned that if consumers are not charged the real " cost " of the milk that farmers will either stop producing raw milk or the quality and safety will suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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