Waiting for CWT announcement

We'll see very soon (maybe two weeks) the number of bids submitted to the CWT for herd reduction. We all need to tighten the number of cows we ALL have on our dairies. If we all remove the bottom 5% of the herd (1 cow for the 20 cow dairy, 5 cows for the 100 cow dairy, etc) milk prices will improve for everyone. This reduction should be done regardless of the number of cows removed by the CWT. These cows should be removed in addition to the CWT cows removed.

Have I repeated myself enough? Excess and low preforming cows need to be removed ASAP! I know that as soon as our milk prices approach breakeven levels, processors, consumers, and maybe the government will scream bloody murder about the price of milk. They never came to our aid during these past six months when our milk checks were 40% to 50% BELOW breakeven.

These have been the worse six months I can remember in the 43 years I've been dairying in New Mexico. We have always worked with low milk prices compared to the East. Always working with blend prices made up of 1/3 Class I, 1/3 Class III, and 1/3 Class II & IV.

Weather update, touched 100 degrees yesterday with 25% humidity. Right now at 08:20 am it's
75 degrees and 43% humidity. No rain either for the past six months, but our monsoon season is coming up in July.