Here's a little food for thought next time you hear someone spouting off about the cost of a gallon of milk. <br />Dairymen get paid in the neighborhood of $12/100 wght on milk or about $1/ gallon keep in mind this is whole milk...where butter, cream and cheese come's from before they sell it to you as milk. This is the same price they were recieving for it 40 years ago also. Keep in mind milking is done twice a day seven days a week with no vaction, it takes dedication to be a dairy farmer. The price of milk is now starting to go up for the first time in fourty years, I say it is about time they get a raise. When was the last time your income increased,less than fourty years ago i'll bet.<br /><br />The cost of processing and the cost of transportation have went up but not the price the farmer has gotten for it. Please think about this the next time you hear the grumbling.<br /><br />I am not a dairyman but I do live in dairy country and have some family in the business and I say if anyone is due for a raise it's these hard working people.
<br /><br />Also, California is the only state that does not allow the selling of any milk that comes from a cow
it must come from two cows. 
