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Tag: Agriculture
MLJ Community Forum: Dairy Farms in Crisis (FULL FORUM)
With milk prices dropping for a fourth straight year dairy farmers are feeling the pinch, and many small family farms are struggling to survive. This week we bring together farmers, dairy industry experts, and our community to address what’s needed to keep family farms here in the North Country in business. The price farmers get…
Falling Prices
The price farmers get for their milk today is about the same that they were getting paid in the late 80s & 90s, yet the costs of producing that milk, what the farmer pays out for feed, fuel, farm equipment, utilities & labor, all keep going up. It simply costs many farmers more to make…