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Vermont producers push small-ruminant growth but warn of processing and market bottlenecks
Summary
Representatives of the Vermont Sheep and Goat Association told the Senate Agriculture Committee that goat and sheep dairies and meat producers are growing in Vermont but face limited slaughter, hide and wool processing capacity and tight margins.
Mark Rogers, owner of MKVT Farm in Glover and president of the Vermont Sheep and Goat Association, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture that small ruminant dairies and meat operations are expanding in the Northeast Kingdom but face processing and market constraints.
Rogers said the state’s shrinking bovine dairy sector creates openings for goats and sheep to “backfill some of the small farms and homesteads vacated by dairy cattle,” noting demand for sheep milk and goat milk and milk products. “Small ruminants will help us meet Vermont…
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