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Tag: Dairy Farms
Assemblyman Jones on School Safety/ Milk Prices
Assemblyman Jones joins us this week to talk about the issues raised during the discussion, as well as the push to pass a state budget by the April 1st deadline, and what the State can do to help dairy farmers who are struggling through difficult times with near record-low milk prices. Watch all our coverage…
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…
Crisis Help Line for Farmers
As dairy farmers struggle through their fourth year of depressed milk prices, there are growing concerns that many farmers may be a risk of becoming depressed themselves. The outlook for milk prices for the next year is so bleak it has heightened worries about farmer suicides. When Agri-Mark paid its farmers in January, the check…
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…
Dairy Farms in Crisis: A Community Forum
As dairy farmers struggle through their fourth year of low milk prices, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for small family-owned farms to make a living. Many farmers say the price they’re getting for their milk is less than what it costs to produce. As milk prices continue to fall due to a global oversupply and lower…
