Dairy farms in danger
In the past few months, the government has been supporting everything from banks to automakers to the housing market. But if the federal milk pricing policy is not amended soon, it may have to add dairy farms to that list.
The combination of the bad economy and the federally mandated price system for milk has placed many Connecticut dairy farms in precarious financial positions. Although the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote today on a bill that may give farmers financial support, some are skeptical that the milk bailout will succeed.
“There is no...
I spent every summer working on a then-local dairy farm during my later teenage years during the mid '70s. Did everything (milking, barn cleaning, feeding, disking, haying, fenceline repair, etc.). I loved the work. IMHO there's no more of a dignified and honest way of life than family farming. If I could make a decent living in agriculture, I certainly wouldn't work here.