Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Which costs more to produce? Soy milk or cow's milk?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Which costs more to produce? Soy milk or cow's milk?),it will help you,my kids.
I know soy milk COSTS more in the stores (because of demand), but what about to produce? Which also includes more production?
Assume the demand for milk and soy milk were the same, than which would cost more to produce?
Citing any sources would be helpful as well. Thanks.
Answer:
It's a lot cheaper to make soy milk.
You can make it yourself with an investment of about $100. It ends up costing about $.25 per gallon.
Making your own cow's milk would cost a lot more.
Dairy is subsidized, soy milk is not.
Do your own homework
i think that soy would be healthier, but cow milk is less money.
I think that soy milk
See table 6 which shows you that soybeans are pretty much the most grown item so the raw material cost would be cheap, but of course few people buy soy milk in the US
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib...
However, most indications are that it is easy to make and people who make it themselves find it is a lot cheaper, for example this information:
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/faqs/tofumi...
So if it were produced in larger volumes it would likely be less. I believe in the Asian market the soymilk sold there (normally unsweeted) is less expensive.
Soymilk is more expensive at stores. Most vegetarian food is- because the general population of people are not vegetarian.
If the demand were the same, probably regular milk would cost the same. Cows require a lot of grain and water everyday- and the cost for raising one single cow for milk would far outweigh the cost of raising soybeans for making soymilk.
probably soy milk
i have a soy milk maker it cost 100
before the soy maker, i make it by hand, by boiling water and throw in soy beans in a cloth bag and boil for 20 mins and i sqeeze the bag when i'm done
with the machine it cost 30 cent per gallon
not couting electricty, it only takes 15 min with the machine
the machine takes 30 minutes to clean up.
so i think soy is cheaper to produce, because i'm just a guy and i can make it for 30cent, a factory can problly make a gallon for 3 cents, and sell it for $6 a gallon
i don't have source, i just make stuff up as i go along
Oh, soy milk of course. See, vegetable farmers receive no subsidization for their business, but mean and dairy companies do. That is why a pound of low grade beef is dirt cheap -- otherwise is would likely cost around $50 a pound, no joke. It's very expensive and every tax paying citizen is helping to contribute to lowering the costs of meat and dairy. Why do they receive subsidization? because it's an unsustainable business otherwise. You can't make money at such a business, you put so much water and so much food into an animal, but get very little in return. This also contributes to cutting corners in order for the animal farm to lower costs more and try to survive since subsidization often is not enough to help. Just imagine how cheap vegetable would be if subsidization was given to vegetable farms... it would be pennies instead of dollars. Also, most of the world's soy beans are grown for animals to eat. The USA alone could feed the entire world very easily with the food that is fed to animals.
Converting grass, corn and feed into cows milk uses tons more energy and resources. The only reason dairy is cheaper than soy is farm subsities for cattle food and dairy production as well as water subsities. Think about how much soymilk you could get out of an acre of land growing soybeans and if you could get a pregnant cow fed on that same piece of land.
To get 1 pound of edible wheat you need 25 gallons of water To get 1 pound of edible beef you need 5,214 gallons of water
That's not a typo, that's five thousand. This is from the California Agriculture Extention. You will have to make the leap from wheat and beef to Soy and cows milk.
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Kitty said: Yes.Which costs more to produce? Soy milk or cow's milk?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Which costs more to produce? Soy milk or cow's milk?),it will help you,my kids.
I know soy milk COSTS more in the stores (because of demand), but what about to produce? Which also includes more production?
Assume the demand for milk and soy milk were the same, than which would cost more to produce?
Citing any sources would be helpful as well. Thanks.
Answer:
It's a lot cheaper to make soy milk.
You can make it yourself with an investment of about $100. It ends up costing about $.25 per gallon.
Making your own cow's milk would cost a lot more.
Dairy is subsidized, soy milk is not.
Do your own homework
i think that soy would be healthier, but cow milk is less money.
I think that soy milk
See table 6 which shows you that soybeans are pretty much the most grown item so the raw material cost would be cheap, but of course few people buy soy milk in the US
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib...
However, most indications are that it is easy to make and people who make it themselves find it is a lot cheaper, for example this information:
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/faqs/tofumi...
So if it were produced in larger volumes it would likely be less. I believe in the Asian market the soymilk sold there (normally unsweeted) is less expensive.
Soymilk is more expensive at stores. Most vegetarian food is- because the general population of people are not vegetarian.
If the demand were the same, probably regular milk would cost the same. Cows require a lot of grain and water everyday- and the cost for raising one single cow for milk would far outweigh the cost of raising soybeans for making soymilk.
probably soy milk
i have a soy milk maker it cost 100
before the soy maker, i make it by hand, by boiling water and throw in soy beans in a cloth bag and boil for 20 mins and i sqeeze the bag when i'm done
with the machine it cost 30 cent per gallon
not couting electricty, it only takes 15 min with the machine
the machine takes 30 minutes to clean up.
so i think soy is cheaper to produce, because i'm just a guy and i can make it for 30cent, a factory can problly make a gallon for 3 cents, and sell it for $6 a gallon
i don't have source, i just make stuff up as i go along
Oh, soy milk of course. See, vegetable farmers receive no subsidization for their business, but mean and dairy companies do. That is why a pound of low grade beef is dirt cheap -- otherwise is would likely cost around $50 a pound, no joke. It's very expensive and every tax paying citizen is helping to contribute to lowering the costs of meat and dairy. Why do they receive subsidization? because it's an unsustainable business otherwise. You can't make money at such a business, you put so much water and so much food into an animal, but get very little in return. This also contributes to cutting corners in order for the animal farm to lower costs more and try to survive since subsidization often is not enough to help. Just imagine how cheap vegetable would be if subsidization was given to vegetable farms... it would be pennies instead of dollars. Also, most of the world's soy beans are grown for animals to eat. The USA alone could feed the entire world very easily with the food that is fed to animals.
Converting grass, corn and feed into cows milk uses tons more energy and resources. The only reason dairy is cheaper than soy is farm subsities for cattle food and dairy production as well as water subsities. Think about how much soymilk you could get out of an acre of land growing soybeans and if you could get a pregnant cow fed on that same piece of land.
To get 1 pound of edible wheat you need 25 gallons of water To get 1 pound of edible beef you need 5,214 gallons of water
That's not a typo, that's five thousand. This is from the California Agriculture Extention. You will have to make the leap from wheat and beef to Soy and cows milk.
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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