Title: Farmers on Strike | Iowa PBS
Headings: Farmers on Strike
Farmers on Strike
Milk Dumping
"Big Bugs" with "Thick Heads"
Some Oppose Strikes

Content: Why should we even buy gas to drive our products into town?" they said to each other. " With prices this low, we might as well throw the milk away as haul it to town." "Big Bugs" with "Thick Heads"
Strikers wanted all farmers to unite and join the strike. They believed the protest would attract attention. Government leaders would then realize it cost more for farmers to produce the milk than they were paid for selling it. As one observer commented, "Maybe some of the big bugs will get it through their thick heads that we're hurting out here." Strikers also believed if the supply of milk in towns was reduced, the demand would increase and people would pay higher prices for it. Some Oppose Strikes
Many farmers disagreed with milk strikes. They thought dumping milk was wasteful.