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Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
there comes a point of balance on production and profit,
Just my opinion , but from a certain perspective , we are way past that point.
Perversely , if we were thinking about added-value dairy , as Australia is currently, we would conclude that we don't produce enough milk in Godzone to even make a small splash.Of course that could be a tremendous plus. So exclusive, that you can't afford it. :-)
Vraiment, la crème de la crème.
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You saw it first at Hard News.
All the News that is News :-)http://www.rabobank.co.nz/Research/Documents/Reports/Rabobank_Global-Dairy-Qly_Sep-2014.pdf
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Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Sam F,
Thanks Sam . It's no biggy though, so don't bust a gut.
Polled Holsteins are a rarity anywhere in the world but doubly so in China. The cows that I sent would by now have produced a % of polled offspring , even when mated to horned bulls.
I wonder if anyone even noticed that some of the calves would not require dehorning. -
Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
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Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Chris if you ever hear of some Polled Holsteins in China , or see them , I'd love to know.
They are almost certain to have come from my place, and I've always wanted to know how they were doing. -
Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to krothville,
According to some commentators there is also a growing problem with an 'entitlement mindset' or ' narcissistic personality disorder'. These things are relative of course.
OPINION: Gen Y's legacy - the age of entitlement
Jacqueline Rowarth | WEEKEND REVIEW |
"The more one has, the more one wants. Apparently, anyway. This is because more doesn’t satisfy for very long.The phenomenon is termed “hedonic adaptation” and refers to the fact that people quickly become used to changes, whether good or bad, to maintain a stable level of happiness. This means that in order to get the “pleasure rush,” more is necessary.
This has implications for societies where governments fund the basic necessities of life, including welfare, health and education.
Writing for Student Pulse, American Kate Rourke has described how the capitalist system has changed from one of personal responsibility where “citizens worked hard their entire lives” to one where “with each generation, we begin to see a growing entitlement mindset.”
The problem is that children in the most recent generation of adults born between 1982 and 1995, known as Generation Y, were raised to believe it is their right to have everything given to them more than any other previous generation."
NBR
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So in N.Z. terms the best performers have a turnover (Gross Income) of NZ$ 1.60/ litre.
Fonterra achieves about $1.There are micro dairy companies in N.Z. achieving $4 gross/litre.
If this becomes news , then I can stop banging on about it , and head back down the back-paddock, and meditate under a tree :-).
It would be nice if the NZ industry got on the front foot , and instead of being forced to reduce nitrogen leaching (and stocking rate) by environmental law, it voluntarily achieved the same result by flattening the milk production curve and adding a big chunk of value.
It is an important step in fixing Godzone’s chronic balance of payments problem.
That is what the Stanford think-tanks keep reporting , but nobody is grasping the nettle. -
Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Alfie,
Yep , amazing that it saw the light of day. here's the item as it appeared on Rural News:-
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/rural/255708/fonterra-poor-at-value-adding-report
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Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to krothville,
How can we stop this?
Create a sustainable dairy industry.
Somewhat glib answer , I know, but what I mean is that we have to re-design the industry so as to rebuild the stores of capital . . . economic , environmental and social.
Sell the finest cultured dairy products and ice cream , derived from the year-round production of fresh milk in an ordered fashion, to the wealthiest 5% of the Asian consumers.
Selling powder to the poor will not do it for Godzone. -
Hard News: Five further thoughts, in reply to Farmer Green,
Blindness and lack of education. :-)
That might be too harsh. The effect of collectivism is not insignificant.
If everyone is doing it , you would have to be something of a renegade to be different.
Shetlander /Irish ancestry can be facilitative . . . :-)