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Some Lawmakers Say Vermont Should Consider a Milk-Price Premium to Help Struggling Dairy Farmers

Andy Birch and his wife, Sarah, set about reviving his family’s Derby dairy farm in 2014, when milk prices were near record highs. They bought a small herd of Holsteins, upgraded the aging barn and began selling milk to the Cabot Creamery cooperative. The next year, milk prices plunged 30 percent, blindsiding the young couple […]

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