dairy farms

Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an organic dairy company when it stops buying milk in the region by the end of August of next year.

Fourth-generation dairy farmer Ken Smith says the dairy industry has been hit hard by the economic effects of the coronavirus. Children in schools are major consumers of milk, for which there’s now little demand, he said. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Vermont’s agriculture secretary and its lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives met with farmers Thursday, telling them in a virtual gathering that they are working to help them through the coronavirus crisis.