--- In Kefir_making@yahoogroups.com, "Jenny J." <sagehill@p...> wrote:
>
> Yes, not only is it next to impossible to fill all the legal
requirements to get a license for a goat dairy, but it's also
incredibly expensive to fulfil those requirements.
Well, sure if someone has bottomless pockets, they can afford to
purchase everything the State requires for a dairy license.
> I looked into becoming a dairy when I moved to MIchigan, then
backed out.... I would have had to spend over $40,000, and then I
still wouldn't be able to sell raw milk... I would have been allowed
to sell only to milk processors at $1.50 a gallon.
It's how the Dairymen's Association prevents competition from smaller
players.
> Why on earth would I do that, when I can sell for $5 gallon on goat
shares, without all that outlay???
>
> Jenny
>
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> That would explain why nobody is rushing to fill this market void.
This is
> also another good example of the hostile environment faced by raw
milk
> producers in Oregon and why it is going to be hard to find raw milk
in
> Oregon. But I just got a tip on the raw dairy group for a licensed
raw
> goat's milk dairy in Camas Washington which is just across the
border. I
> haven't received a reply from them yet to know if they are taking
new
> customers.
>
> William C. Coombes
>
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