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Vermont dairy sector showing fewer farms but steady milk volumes and rising prices, agency official says
Summary
Laura Ginsburg of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture said the state has lost dairy farms in recent years but total milk production has stayed relatively stable, processors have increased, and milk prices have risen above the level many farms need to cover costs.
Laura Ginsburg, dairy strategy and innovation manager at the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee that Vermont has seen a decline in the number of dairy farms but that total milk volume and processor numbers have remained relatively steady.
Ginsburg said data cleanups removed farms that had already ceased shipping milk and that the apparent November drop overstated actual losses. “Actually, I would say it pretty closely mirrors what happens across the nation, and actually in many cases in other countries across the world where we are seeing a decline in the total number of farms,” she said. She added that the number of processors continues to grow, calling that “unusual and something pretty special to the State of Vermont.”
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