Field Days 2021: Open dairy competition results

The competition took place on the fairgrounds in New Haven.

No longer a full-time dairy farmer, she keeps her remaining cows for the sake of her kids.

Community members are invited to screenings of “The State of Farming,” a new documentary that tells the story of Vermont agriculture through the voices of the farmers who live it every day.

Rail View Dairy’s ways of operating have not only earned the farm the award but are also what members of the family see as helping make Rail View poised to continue its success into the future.

Expensive land and aging infrastructure have left Vermont’s dairy industry behind as other states dominate.

While cows dominate our dairy landscape, Vermont also has 33 dairy goat farms and three dairy sheep farms.

Farm size trends in Vermont reflect a decades-long trend of consolidation and expansion in American agriculture.

Mark your calendar for Dairy Sustainability Day, which will take place March 5, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 27 at 49 Wilson Road in Middlebury.

Vermont farmers are trying to figure out their next steps as they reel from changes to federal agriculture policies in the past three months that were capped this week when U.S. border agents arrested migrant farm workers at a dairy farm in Franklin Count … (read more)

“I, and many in my community, feel a lot of fear around the new president that’s been elected,” said Cristian, who came to the United States from Mexico. “Lots of people in the community are thinking about ways to isolate themselves, and some people are a … (read more)

Between Dec. 15 and April 1, no manure or other agricultural waste (including compost and spoiled feed) may be spread on agricultural fields throughout Vermont.

Cabot dairy farmers have what it takes to run a successful operation.

Danone, a global food company and the owner of Horizon Organic, plans to terminate contracts next year with all of its organic dairy farmers in Vermont and other parts of the Northeast, leaving farmers without buyers for their milk.Other buyers in the are … (read more)

This week’s writer is Marie Audet of Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, founding member of the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives. We are all suffering on so many levels, and the uncertainty of what lies ahead tak … (read more)

By LISA HALVORSEN, Freelance Agricultural Journalist for UVM Extension BRIDPORT — Sunderland Farm, a sixth-generation dairy operation in Bridport, can best be described as a farm with a future that’s not forgotten its past. Although it can trace its begin … (read more)