Growth management plans promoted in Washington
BERKSHIRE, VERMONT – 6/14/2010 -Dairy Farmers Working Together, a grassroots dairy group organized in 2006, traveled to Washington DC as part of a national effort to promote the Dairy Price Stabilization Act (HR 5288). The Dairy Price Stabilization Act was introduced by Congressmen Jim Costa (CA), Peter Welch (VT), Rick Larsen (WA), John Larson (CT) [...]
Allbee: Recent milk price uptick will prevent dairy farms from failing in droves
“I think at this stage, we don’t expect to see an exodus. In the worst-case scenario, I had said we could lose up to 200 (farms), but I think at this stage, we don’t see that number happening right now.”
If dairy farmers want a higher price for their milk, they must give consumers a good reason to pay it
The conventional dairy model is predicated upon surplus production, low prices, farm attrition and lake pollution.
The dairy producer’s voice missing in the downturn
Oversupplying the market with cheap food at their own expense creates no sense of urgency for anyone to help the farmer.
Vermont Receives $5.7 Million in Emergency Dairy Payments
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that $5.7 million in emergency support to more than 1,000 Vermont dairy farmers has been released. The assistance, coming at a time when dairy farmers have experienced the lowest prices in 40 years, is part of a $350 million dairy assistance measure sponsored by Sanders.
Antitrust division to probe complaints about Dean Foods’ alleged monopolistic practices
Justice official says “competition isn’t well served when one player controls 70 percent of the market” Senators say dairy industry consolidation hurting farmers A lack of competition may allow dominant dairy processors to “exert power” and depress the price farmers receive for raw milk, according to Christine Varney, the assistant attorney general for the Antitrust [...]
The cost of production calculus
“You’d have to kind of wake up and think that the planets and stars are all lined up against you. A poor harvest at the same time you have low milk prices and high feed prices – that combination is like three hits in the gut in a row.” — Bob Parsons, agricultural economist for UVM Extension
Dairy farmers tough out costliest downturn
Milk market crash, rise in costs a double whammy The Clifford Farm in Starksboro In spite of what some in the industry are calling the worst ever returns on dairying, Eric Clifford is carrying on the family tradition come hell or high water. He’s determined to keep the land his forebears cultivated – all seven [...]
