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	<title>Comments on: Six Contentious Animal Culls in the News in December are Small Compared to the USA’s “Herd Retirement Program”</title>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description>Let&#039;s look at this culling of cows for a minute.

Imagine a Sustainable solution.

First you ask the question is milk more expensive than any other place in the world?

If it is, then cull.

If it isn&#039;t then you might think of developing a bell curve of costs for the individual dairy farmers who produce milk to a standard of quality but at the lowest cost and still make a profit. What is their break even cost?

The Sustainable approach. Or a Sustainable approach would be to find those dairy farmers who produce milk at the standard of quality and the lowest possible cost and do what you can to help them to continue to produce as much milk as possible.

Those ultra low cost producers could have their output segregated out of the fresh milk category and moved to the powdered milk category. For Export!!! You do know we have a balance of trade problem and we have people starving!!!

I know I am oversymplifying but this Eco Worldly ---- should be a place where outside the box thinking is needed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s look at this culling of cows for a minute.</p>
<p>Imagine a Sustainable solution.</p>
<p>First you ask the question is milk more expensive than any other place in the world?</p>
<p>If it is, then cull.</p>
<p>If it isn&#8217;t then you might think of developing a bell curve of costs for the individual dairy farmers who produce milk to a standard of quality but at the lowest cost and still make a profit. What is their break even cost?</p>
<p>The Sustainable approach. Or a Sustainable approach would be to find those dairy farmers who produce milk at the standard of quality and the lowest possible cost and do what you can to help them to continue to produce as much milk as possible.</p>
<p>Those ultra low cost producers could have their output segregated out of the fresh milk category and moved to the powdered milk category. For Export!!! You do know we have a balance of trade problem and we have people starving!!!</p>
<p>I know I am oversymplifying but this Eco Worldly &#8212;- should be a place where outside the box thinking is needed.</p>
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