In St. Albans, Peter Welch hears from Vermont dairy farmers about need for price stability
At a St. Albans dairy roundtable on Wednesday, Rep. Peter Welch met with Vermont dairy farmers to learn their priorities as the House Agriculture Committee takes up legislation that will set that nation’s dairy policy for years to come.
Vermont’s other residents
Photos of some of Vermont’s other residents by Terry J. Allen and Josh Larkin.
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.
Fair dairy?
State hopes consumers will pay more for milk, make donations to farmers Got milk? Got a little extra money to pay for it? And by the way, wanna donate cash for a T-shirt? Those are the questions Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture is putting to the public on the new Web site it’s unveiling today at [...]
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 [...]
Pillar of rural economy teetering
Communities where dairy is king take a hit economically Dairy farming is the economic engine of small town Vermont, but the industry doesn’t garner the attention paid to monolithic employers, such as IBM and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. No one is proposing a Circ Highway expansion for milk trucks, or economic development incentives to keep [...]
Dairy downturn whacks related businesses
Unpaid bills pile up at local graineries, equipment dealers see business slow Vermont farmers are sustaining unprecedented financial losses this year, and many are juggling bills in order to survive the severest downturn in memory. As Diane Bothfeld, dairy policy analyst at the state Agency of Agriculture put it, “They’re shuffling who gets paid every [...]
