The price of milk is over 4 dollars a gallon?

Question

More than gas, water, and cup-a-noodle? Who should Bush bomb to stop the high prices

Answer 1

Just think how much a gallon of red-bull would be.

Answer 2

In Australia, the problem is the big supermarket chains that buy the produce (milk, fruit, meat ...) at low prices, then sell it at very very inflated prices. And often the farmers have no bargaining power due to the crippling drought. In Oz, meat is becoming a bit of a luxury. One of the best ways to combat it is to buy as much produce from indipendent sellers (small fruit & veg groups, markets, local businesses ... ) as they usually pay farmers the correct price and their price for the public is a little cheaper. Means more walking around to find the best price, but hey - exercise AND cheaper eats is always a good thing.

.... bomb the big supermarket chains!

Answer 3

The price of milk is reflecting the price of transporting it plus the big mark-up that the middlemen take. I'm surprised the price of food higher. I worked in food marketing for a few years and the profit margins are astounding. Companies not only sell to the stores at a discount but they also pay the grocer to display their product prominently in the store. The more they pay the better their products get marketed. The most heated battles are in the cereal aisle. Companies pay grocery chains enormous sums for shelf space. Remember this next time you go to the grocery store -- you're paying more for marketing and packaging than you are for the food itself. You are literally paying the bill for the company selling you the food. $5 box of cereal anyone?

Answer 4

It's the result of various factors, none of which can be solved by bombs....
1. Decreased production, thus exports from, Australia, New Zealand and Europe due to drought, etc.
2. Increased US exports of milk products to "take up the slack", combined with devalued dollar
3. Corn more expensive due to Ethanol production
4. US dairy production needs heifers to mature before milk production can increase to meet demands and drive the prices down again
http://www.csdecisions.com/issue/article/70835/white_gold.aspx

FYI... Supermarket price is $3.99/gallon here in Colorado.

Answer 5

Anything that comes from corn fed animals is very expensive now because the Midwest is using corn to make ethanol. A really bad idea. Have you checked out the price of meat lately? A little chuck roast is like 9-10 bucks.

Answer 6

Bush can't fix it, but the Congress can. The high price arises from subsidies for producing ethanol from corn. This makes feeding the cows more expensive, and raises the price of meat and other dairy products also.

Answer 7

The Federal Reserve, it keeps printing, and we keep getting hit by inflation. Isn't it strange that an entity that prints all the money would then loan it to a government at interest, thus ensuring we owe more than is possible to pay back?

Answer 8

HOWDY!!! Andy g,

That one is too simple; BOMB CONGRESS because they are the ones or The Dem's because they are the ones that are having all these oversight hearings. IT IS THE Dem's FAULT!!!

So Long for Now,
Bulldog

Answer 9

How can you run your Cow, when milk is so high. My cow commutes everyday, how can a cow afford milk these days. we should go to ANWR and get caribou milk, there is enough caribou milk to sustain us for 6 monthes there, what are we waiting for?

Answer 10

Obviously, the cows! They're also a (if not THE) largest source of the destructive greenhouse gas methane. Then he could bill himself more honestly as working toward controlling global climate change.

Answer 11

Nebraska. You can thank the energy crisis Bu8sh created with his little Iraq adventure for the high prices. Ethanol production is making feed more expensive. You can also thank a spineless fed for letting MSNBC's Jim Cramer bully them into lowering interest rates again.