DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) – Small dairy farmers in the Northeast and Wisconsin say a tough year has been made worse by Congress’ failure to pass a new farm bill before the old one expired. While many farm ...

The “simple fact,” testified dairy farmer John Roberts of Cornwall, is dairy farmers need a greater share of the retail dollar. Where once upon a time, 50 cents of the almighty dollar came back to the ...

This new dairy farm bill is an udder failure. Cityslicker state lawmakers from the Big Apple want to limit the number of cows on New York’s dairy farms – a green push that opponents argue would ...

May 23—ALBANY — Two state lawmakers from New York City want to ban dairy farms from expanding beyond 700 cows, a move they say would help protect the environment and preserve small, family-owned dairy ...

Upstate legislators and agricultural advocates are decrying a proposal in the New York State Legislature that would limit the size of dairy herds to 700 cows. The proposal would prohibit the ...

The measure would prohibit New York farms from owning more than 700 cows in an effort to curb factory farming. New York is the nation’s fifth-largest milk producer, with around 3,000 individual dairy ...

Two state lawmakers from New York City want to ban dairy farms from expanding beyond 700 cows, a move they say would help protect the environment and preserve small, family-owned dairy farms. Recently ...

A bill to limit the number of cows on dairy farms is drawing outrage from North Country state lawmakers and agriculture professionals. The bill is sponsored by two New York City Democrats, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—-At the New York State Capitol on Wednesday, Ray Dykeman stood alongside Republican lawmakers, the New York Farm Bureau, and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association to oppose a ...

ALBANY — A measure to limit large-scale farming in New York is dividing lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle — and opposite ends of the state. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Jabari Brisport of ...