If this is true, then why is milk so expensive?................
Milk is expensive because of a) government regulations, b) government regulations, and c) government regulations.
It’s 2;35 a gallon for 2 per cent here in Central Va at Kroger and 1”50 a half gallon. I do know it’s more expensive in some areas.
Expensive? I just bought a gallon of whole milk for $.98.
I live in SC. Admittedly that is a sale price but normal everyday price is about $1.40 per gallon
2.35 and 1.50....sorry about the sticky keyboard.
I pay $1.59/gallon for milk at Kroger. Not that long ago they charged $1.19/gal.
It’s by far the cheapest place in town to get it. I think it’s ~$3 at most other supermarkets. I’m surprised that Kroger never advertises it.
As far as I know, there are still huge tariffs charged to American dairy products exported to Canada. If the USMCA ever gets passed, I think (not sure) that Canada will lower those tariffs considerably...which means my price will likely go up...at least for a while.
Commodity, component, and class. If you want to be one of the five people who understand how milk pricing works, you can read about FMMOs here:
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/how-milk-is-priced-in-federal-milk-marketing-orders-a-primer
$1.49 a gallon at Walmart near me
I buy Deans at a local grocery, myself
I was gonna say. Gasoline is cheaper than milk. I drank plenty of milk through my twenties. I drink _maybe_ a quart a month now. But even if I put away a gallon of milk a week, it would be tiny fraction against what I spend on gas.
price controls.
If this is true, then why is milk so expensive?................
Government!!!!
It is not, compared to other liquids. considering you need acres of farmland for cows to graze, or to otherwise provide food for. And "Dairy cows eat about 100 pounds of feed and drink 30-50 gallons of water (about a bathtub full) each day." - https://www.drink-milk.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-dairy-cow/
And vast barns house them in, and be milked at least twice a day, and which must be refrigerated immediately. All to get about 6 gallons of milk a day from each massive cow. .
And graded and transported (sometime hundreds of miles in refrigerated trucks) and off-loaded into refrigerated tanks at the processing plant.
Then tested, processed (clarified, pasteurized, homogenized, etc., and sometimes micro-filtered, and given ultra high temperature treatment, and or flavored), packaged and refrigerated. .
Then delivered in refrigerated trucks to stores at least twice a week.
And which has a shelf life of only about 14-20 days after milking (but only hours in hot weather without refrigeration.
Compared that with any other liquids you drink, for while they are usually cheaper, there is far less cost and labor required for them.
You may pay about 2 cents an ounce for a 2 litre bottle of soda, while "in 2018, the average retail price [per gallon] of whole fortified milk in the United States was 2.85 U.S. dollars, the lowest price since 2002 and a decline of 26 percent from the 2007 peak of 3.87 dollars. - https://www.statista.com/statistics/236854/retail-price-of-milk-in-the-united-states/
And what is soda but sugar water, color and flavor and preservative. No refrigeration is needed, the shelf life is typically considered to be 39 weeks for regular sodas and 13 weeks for diet sodas.
Note bias: I used to work at a dairy farm for about 18 years.