Milk Prices to Climb 50-cents

[jazz lady]

WASHINGTON - Consumers soon can expect to pay 50 cents more for a gallon of milk, due to a combination of smaller herds, higher feed and beef prices, less growth hormone on the market and the emergence of mad cow disease.

Milk prices reached a 25-year low last year but are rebounding to record highs in 2004, helped by a reduction in supply.

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Just another way to gouge consumers. I wonder if they're trying the OPEC strategy by reducing output to drive up prices.

 

[vraiblonde]

Watch for the Democrats to come on and say this is George Bush's fault, too.

 

[crabcake]

Originally posted by vraiblonde
Watch for the Democrats to come on and say this is George Bush's fault, too.

well dur ... they're halliburton cows, dontcha know?

 

[Tonio]

From what I've read, the price the farmers actually receive has been dropping for a couple of decades, while the cost at the grocery store has been steadily rising. Does that mean the middlemen are taking more than their share?