VERMONT — After five years of depressed milk prices, dairy farmers may be getting some relief. A prediction by one of the region’s largest dairy cooperatives says prices at the bulk tank should rise by a dollar per hundred pounds of milk over the next year. “The average Vermont farm produces 3.4 million pounds of milk per year,” says Diane Bothfield, dairy chief for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. “A dollar per hundredweight is $34,000. That’s a big raise in a year’s time.” However, Agr … (read more)
