Small Dairies Go Under As Milk Prices Sink Again
PLAINFIELD, Vt. -- The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family. After working all thei...
PLAINFIELD, Vt. -- The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family. After working all thei...
AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 04.17.2012
WESTVILLE, N.Y. -- "Got milk?" is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. Because even as more consumers are willing to pay prem...
AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 05.25.2011
RIVERDALE, Calif. -- While milk prices continue to rise and exports to Asian markets have expanded, many dairy farmers are still struggling with the a...
The Wall Street Journal | LAUREN ETTER | Posted 05.25.2011
WINCHESTER, Ind.--Like many of his neighbors, farmer Tony Goltstein has to deal with the aftermath of the dairy bubble. But besides his mounting fi...
AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.25.2011
BAKERSFIELD, Vt. — A Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three ille...
AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine dairy farmers hope their new organic milk, called MOOMilk, becomes as popular among natural-food buffs as Maine lobster ...
AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Huck Heintz has spent a busy year providing free financial consulting to dairy farmers in upstate New York. With milk selling fo...
The Atlantic | Barry Estabrook | Posted 05.25.2011
Vermont likes to promote itself as a verdant, wholesome state with picturesque black and white Holsteins grazing on hillside pastures. But the postcar...
Posted 05.25.2011
After some of the most profitable years in a generation, American farmers have seen their incomes dwindle as the recession begins to weigh on food pri...
AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.23.2012