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re: ‘God-Awful Work’ of Milking Cows on Dairy Farms
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:55 pm to Jbird
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:55 pm to Jbird
Here's the thing, ask employers why they use the immigrant labor. It's more than hourly cost. I know a pool contractor who uses immigrant labor because they are more reliable than the native born labor. They show up when they say they will show up. They don't call in sick ( native born do). They don't bring drama to work. They decrease the longevity of the project so the contractor saves money long term.
Pool contractor pays prevailing wage to his workers.
Pool contractor pays prevailing wage to his workers.
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Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:56 pm to TigerAxeOK
quote:I know next to nothing about big time farming, but I have been watching "Clarkson's Farm". Awesome show and opened my eyes to just how much goes into getting food to a table. Hilarious show, btw. I highly recommend it.
Livestock and agriculture are a multi-million dollar industry and they make great use of state-of-the-art technology and equipment.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:58 pm to Jbird
Some things never change. Democrats in 1865, "Who is going to pick our cotton?"
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:00 pm to Penrod
quote:
You can say she wants to exploit non-citizens, but it’s not slavery.
And Epstein clients having sex with 15-17 year olds doesn’t technically make them a pedo but good luck if that’s the hill you want to die on.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:00 pm to lowhound
quote:
Dumb count doesn't realize it's been mechanized for years?
Ah. Grew up on a dairy farm in the 70s/80s. Not sure this would be “robotic” (I assume this is still how it’s done, but have no idea). Even this required only three guys to milk 200-300 head twice a day, though the morning took longer. I imagine they had these since the 30s, 40s at least. It ain’t rocket science. A generator creates a vacuum that ‘pulses’, and the cows are locked in by the neck as they feed from a trough. Release and let some more in. They learn what to do cause they’re getting fed. Routine as hell, though it smells like shite, literally. That is one dumb woman to make that comment.
Don’t think anyone’s making ‘bank’ today, though, as some have suggested, based on the limited amount of reading I do about the dairy industry.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:24 pm to High C
quote:
I’ve milked plenty of times. The work itself isn’t that bad,
One of my chores when I was a kid - have never liked milk since. So glad when we moved to town.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:56 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
They don't hand milk cows anymore.
And haven't in over 40 years.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 5:08 pm to Purple Spoon
Very true. But, I do have fond memories of Spring afternoons watching cows being playful and rambunctious out in the fields.
Sigh. Such simpler times.
Sigh. Such simpler times.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 9:13 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
I grew up farming as well
Posted on 6/19/25 at 12:26 am to Penrod
The history of slavery isn’t defined by its relatively brief existence of Africans being brought to the new world.
It’s existed in many forms, over time & across the globe.
Some even got paid, and were freed after a time but we’re still forced to work until then..
Trying to dismiss all forms that don’t fall in your narrow idea makes you look foolish.
It’s existed in many forms, over time & across the globe.
Some even got paid, and were freed after a time but we’re still forced to work until then..
Trying to dismiss all forms that don’t fall in your narrow idea makes you look foolish.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:08 am to Penrod
quote:You know that all of those 300K children that the biden administration "lost" came here of their free will? Evidence please.
Slaves were taken from their homes against their will
quote:And they get here, stay in the shadows and work for peanuts because they have no choice. Sounds like slavery to me.
Illegal immigrants are leaving their homes because they want to
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:18 am to RT1941
quote:
Does this heifer know that no one's sitting on a damn bucket, hand-milking cows?
Yes, they do. I read a story a couple of years ago about a milk farm closing in Waco. Interviewed worker told how the cows would orderly file into each milking stall at designated times. One funny story he recalled was two cows getting into a fight over a stall to be milked first.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:28 am to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
The history of slavery isn’t defined by its relatively brief existence of Africans being brought to the new world.
It’s existed in many forms, over time & across the globe.
Some even got paid, and were freed after a time but we’re still forced to work until then..
Trying to dismiss all forms that don’t fall in your narrow idea makes you look foolish.
ALL forms of slavery have one thing in common - Compulsion. You are the fool.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:29 am to Jbird
I’m somewhat impressed she understands milk comes from cows.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:31 am to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
but good luck if that’s the hill you want to die on.
I’m not going to die on it; you are, because I am correct.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:33 am to Jbird
I thought she was supposed to be a Republican
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:37 am to Jbird
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:10 am to Penrod
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You are the fool.
Dunning Kruger poster child Penrod
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:17 am to Jbird
Dairy farms used milking machines even in the 1950's from experience of my family's annual visit to friends with a dairy farm north of Ft Worth.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:18 am to CitizenK
Yeah, I remember seeing milking machines when I was a kid on the farms back in the early 70s.
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