dairy

The food supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus has led to some dairy farmers dumping some of their milk because they have no place to sell it.…

Agriculture is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as markets for all products tighten. Dairy farmers in particular have been hurt. Vermont…

Several hundred dairy farmers and producers met in Burlington recently for an annual conference that targets keeping the industry viable throughout the…

Members of the 100-year-old St. Albans Cooperative recently approved merging its assets, which include a milk hauling company and a creamery plant, with…

The Vermont Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony earlier this week on a proposed merger of the St. Albans Cooperative and Dairy Farmers of…

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is coordinating a “Northern Tier Dairy Summit.” The intent is to find new initiatives that can help manage dairy farms…

New York’s junior U.S. senator is calling for assurances that the state’s dairy industry will be protected in any NAFTA renegotiation with Canada. In a…

Republican New York Congressman John Faso hosted U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday at two Columbia County farms. Farmers’ concerns focused…

The Dairy Margin Protection Program was authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill as a risk management program. It pays farmers when the difference between the…

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand this afternoon called on the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to authorize $300 million in emergency relief…