Posted on 04/26/2017 5:50:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Edited on 04/26/2017 7:08:48 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
WI really needs to develop cheeses than can compete with the European stuff.
WI’s cheese is NOT EVEN close.
WI’s cheese is not even on-par with NY state.
If there were an article stating the moon was made of green cheese, you’d believe it?
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Are you saying it isn’t?
We already produce so much cheese that Wisconsin is importing milk for the production. There is also the question of how much more demand there is for higher quality cheese from Wisconsin when the average American has shown that for them low price beats higher quality when making purchases.
This is a very peripheral issue arising primarily from federal dairy subsidies and is interconnected with many other issues that give ammo to leftists.
California dairy in particular is the issue no one wants to talk about. Liquid milk and dairy product price/availability fluctuations, drought and water issues in California that we always hear about (and all pay for through federal funding thereby creating higher taxes), illegal immigration, pro-vegetarian anti-red meat eco-wackoism, endangered species wackoism, ethanol mandates, unemployment/welfare, and a whole host of issues are are created, fueled, and or exacerbated by the scam that is California dairy.
As long as the world buys the low grade low cost byproduct of Californias various subsidies, all of these problems will continue to get worse.
Consider the chart in this article at Business Insider:
One chart sums up the real problem in the California drought — and it isn't almonds
Realize that it takes a lot more than corn to make milk and see that the total water used for milk production is approximately the same as for all other crops. They talk in part about beef production but, remember all dairy cattle are only borrowed from the beef industry. Why is there "too much" milk? Who does all that farming/milking? It isnt that guy that owns the farm. Where do farmers in such a normally dry area get all that water from? Who pays for all of that? Who is claiming there is a water shortage for someone/something else and how am I now paying for that too? Etc, etc, etc...
As long as the dairy farmers in the rest of the country see California dairy as an ally, as long as they demand subsidies and all of what that actually entails, they deserve exactly whats coming to them and so do the rest of the American people.
You need to come to the next meeting of The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and give that speech! You would be carried around on shoulders to the sound of, ‘Huzzah!’ :)
I don’t get it, either. WHY spend so much $ on growing/producing something that your state is not easily able to produce without subsidies and wastefulness?
Of course the answer is ALWAYS, ‘Follow The Money’ which ALWAYS leads to, ‘Follow the Politicians.’ Grrr!
Write us a speech to convince my dopey state to STOP forcing (corn) Ethanol down our throats, too, could ya? ;)
These fine folks beg to differ:
http://www.wisconsincheeseoriginals.com/wisconsin-artisan-cheesemaker-guild/
Never curse a Cheesehead with your mouth full...of cheese! ;)
:-) I hear you.
Just that my take spending time with family (via marriage)
in the Bavarian Allagu has rendered my taste buds tainted.
Great Scott, the “Swiss” cheese in southern Bavaria is astonishing.
It.
Is.
Astonishing.
(there’s no such thing as Swiss cheese save what comes from there)
Allagu = allgau (stupid spellcheck)
Oh, no worries! Once you go Swiss, you never go back...or something like that! ;)
Lol,, ha!
WI cheese heads will ramp-up with cheese masters fleeing muzzie Europe to WI.
Only because moose milk never sold very well in the US ...
OMG! Did they REALLY try to market moose milk or cheese? LOL!
I don't really know about Canada. It definitely sounds like something they'd drink up there, but it looks like "moose milk" is only the name of a cocktail for most Canadians.
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