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| Thread ID: 116128 | 2011-02-17 23:06:00 | Milk Prices Scandal | Gobe1 (6290) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1179402 | 2011-02-18 04:29:00 | It's because political parties need support (donations) from the big businesses and in return, they 'have' to support those big businesses. Nothing new. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1179403 | 2011-02-18 04:39:00 | Because oil doesnt have 15000 shareholders to pay all its profits too And those shareholders are the farmers who are always crying poor !!! :annoyed: |
Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 1179404 | 2011-02-18 05:00:00 | And those shareholders are the farmers who are always crying poor !!! :annoyed: Farmers don't share the profit proportionately; that's always the case! |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1179405 | 2011-02-18 05:08:00 | The offer to freeze prices for 10 months is ample evidence of two things: One being that Fonterra admits they have an ample profit, and secondly that they are in damage control mode in the hope of keeping their margins. I thought bread and milk prices used to be regulated by some sort of legislation, so how/why have these prices happened? Is it a case that they need a 'baseline' milk available at low price to satisfy the legislation, and all the other 'optional variant milks' (which dominate the shelves) - like Low fat, Calcium enriched, etc can be jacked up to whatever price the public will tolerate? The Fonterra boss on Campbell Live last night was doing his best to say nothing. He likes the status quo. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1179406 | 2011-02-18 05:08:00 | It is not only milk but a lot of food items produced in New Zealand are overpriced in the local market. Prices appear to be dependant on what they are able to get from the export market. I buy milk at the asking price because I see milk as a staple item. I hardly ever buy cheese or fish because it is far too over priced. I remember working on a hill country farm where we had a house cow. It was my job to hand milk it. Maybe this is a solution. Good thinking Bob, the heat from the cow would heat the house in the winter, nice little bonus. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1179407 | 2011-02-18 05:09:00 | Dairy farmer I know has just payed 42k for a shotgun, drives a Merc of course. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1179408 | 2011-02-18 05:12:00 | If you know any producer who will sell cheap when he can just as easily sell dear, watch them carefully, they won't be there long. Sellers usually accept the highest bid, or have things changed? Would you sell your car to a local for $40.00 if some foreign bidder offers $200.00? The local usually has to match or beat the overseas bid if he doesn't want to have a carless year. Farmers do much the same, the selfish sods. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1179409 | 2011-02-18 06:11:00 | It is not only milk but a lot of food items produced in New Zealand are overpriced in the local market . Prices appear to be dependant on what they are able to get from the export market . I buy milk at the asking price because I see milk as a staple item . I hardly ever buy cheese or fish because it is far too over priced . I remember working on a hill country farm where we had a house cow . It was my job to hand milk it . Maybe this is a solution . Go to Singapore, it has a higher standards of living than NZ of course but the food and transport is cheaper . $2 . 50 subway gets you anywhere on one ticket (incl from the airport) . You could pick up an avg of $5 . 00 meal in the hawker centres . Compared to NZ's less formal eating places, NZ charges $8-12 (assuming you want round the clock menu's) . You could even get a 50c or $1 . 00 kebab stick or some dumplings . In NZ a hotdog at a takeaway away from the CBD could cost $2 . 50, a piece of fish $3 . 50 . I remember in 2002-03 I was cooking for myself in Dunedin . Each week I spent 95c a week on milk, which gave 1L of Pam's milk (green or blue) . About $1 . 00 or $1 . 10 was 1L of Meadow Fresh . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1179410 | 2011-02-18 06:17:00 | I know that the dairy farmers in Southland are doing well. There has been a lot of conversions from sheep to dairy farming. The freezing works are struggling to find sheep to kill. After every trip between Invercargill and Gore I have to clean dead insects off the windscreen. This gets worse as there are more and more dairy cows polluting the land. Fonterra's dairy factory at Edendale is getting bigger and bigger as is the price of their milk. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1179411 | 2011-02-18 07:30:00 | Go to Singapore, it has a higher standards of living than NZ of course but the food and transport is cheaper. $2.50 subway gets you anywhere on one ticket (incl from the airport). You could pick up an avg of $5.00 meal in the hawker centres. Compared to NZ's less formal eating places, NZ charges $8-12 (assuming you want round the clock menu's). You could even get a 50c or $1.00 kebab stick or some dumplings. In NZ a hotdog at a takeaway away from the CBD could cost $2.50, a piece of fish $3.50. I remember in 2002-03 I was cooking for myself in Dunedin. Each week I spent 95c a week on milk, which gave 1L of Pam's milk (green or blue). About $1.00 or $1.10 was 1L of Meadow Fresh. Generally speaking, cost of living in NZ is much higher than S'pore. No point of comparing, actually. Or else, most people will try to move out from NZ. Again, it all depends on what you are looking for in life. We can't have the best of everything in this world, can we? |
bk T (215) | ||
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