Sunday, December 20, 2009

Milk

Now that me and my siblings have (mostly) moved out of my parents’ house, there are far fewer milk crises.  They have gone from going through a gallon or more per day to a half gallon every few weeks.  Meanwhile, though, I have to supply my own milk.

Before I left for England (Fall 2008), milk prices had been climbing for a while.  It wasn’t hard to pay over $5/gallon.  I was pretty shocked when I got back this summer, then, and was paying only half that at not-cheap supermarkets.  It turns out that while I was gone, there was a “dairy crisis” marked by falling milk prices.  More delicious milk for me!

Annual Milk Prices (from “Understanding Dairy Markets”):

Annual Milk Prices

2008 Milk Prices:

2008 Milk Prices

It looks like now I can drink twice as much milk!

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