Re: PING! Michael

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:11:43 +0000, Janet wrote:
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In article
<27a2e721dc7707bc12f2ddf2df14307e@www.novabbs.com>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...

 On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:11:23 +0000, Janet wrote:

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  We're all deeply invested in supporting your butter
needs, Joan. Tragically, Trump's import tarriffs are going
to spoil it.
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  Janet UK
 

Butter is local, probably within 100 miles.  All
domestic butter, milk, buttermilk, cream cheese,
cottage cheese, etc. is from local milk processing
plants.  There's one 30 miles south of me and
another one about 60 miles northwest of me.

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   Does your butter come from cows, do those local dairy
farmers buy machinery, stock feed soy and maize, fuel,
animal medications? Isn't China a major market for the US
dairy trade?
 https://www.thebullvine.com/news/how-the-new-u-s-china-
trade-war-might-hit-dairy-farmers-harder-than-before/
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   Janet UK
 

Local cows.  Dairy farms are nearby in fact there's
one about 4 miles from me.  Not too large, but he
does sell his milk to the processing plant thirty
miles south of me.
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You could try to sneak in at night, squeezing out a liter or two! I remember when I was a child and spend a few weeks in the summer in iceland at the farm of relatives. We'd get the milk fresh from the cow. Best milk I ever had.