A few pennies along the way to the market equal bloated food budgets in 2024.
Klar: Beef prices just jumped over the Moon: here’s why
Stormwater regs will put county fairs out of business, Senate told
Stormwater permit compliance will cost up to $1 million per county fair. “You just can’t make that kind of money up at the fairground,” Folsom said.
Klar: More cows needed to reverse climate change, experts say
Scientists are speaking up for beef.
Bill would require farmers to house workers hired via state-run directory
No other state-funded employment directory requires employers to house workers hired under its auspices.
When a fire displaced 400 cows in Sheldon, farmers and friends stepped up to help
About 75 cows died after a fire broke Jan. 20 and turned a 400-foot-long barn into a pile of rubble and ash.
Wilson: Chicken slaughter bill a bright spot
Not every bill in the Legislature is a bad idea…..
Klar: A tale of two billionaire farmers
What Mark Zuckerberg’s cows tell us.
Worker shortage stops delivery of Cabot cheese
Products as small as the cracker cuts and as big as the three-pound blocks will vanish from store shelves for a while.
Left is weaponizing food, Klar tells popular podcaster
“On the left, they’re trying to weaponize food. They’re saying it’s all about equity,” Klar tells Stuckey. “They’re saying it’s all about cows, and then climate change comes in. But in the end, people need to eat.”
Healthy honeybee population climbs
In 2023, VAAFM reported the highest number of colonies on record, 17,145.
Klar: Saudi water battle in Arizona
A prelude to future resource conflicts?
Avian flu hits another VT barnyard flock
Although HPAI poses a low risk to humans, individuals who were in contact with the infected flock are being monitored by the Department of Health.
Klar: Biden beef deal risks foot and mouth disease
Imports of beef from corrupt Paraguay threaten US agriculture.
Klar: High Stakes Dispute Over Roundup Weed Killer
Jury finds glyphosate causes cancer.
The dairy farm decline – when and how
The great, historic switch from Jersey cows to Holsteins explained
Klar: Milking cows for methane
With revolving-door regulatory oversight for corporate profit now the obvious norm in America, who on earth would drink milk tainted with chemicals that synthetically alter how cows digest grass?
Klar: Biden joins globalists to undermine farmers
There is a pattern to the destruction of independent farms and food production. Federal and state rules coupled with subsidies that favor large enterprises farming monocultures have worn down small farms.
Klar: Synthetic chicken will never fly
Even if Upside Foods and other meat-dreamers could manufacture steaks and burgers better than God has done in cows, their factory technology would still require chemicals and fossil fuels that degrade the soil and water.
Most Vermont farms are still waiting for state flood relief, data shows
Of 41 approved applications, only 28 agricultural businesses had gotten paid as of Oct. 4, according to data from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
Klar: Subconscious husbandry
Raising animals develops its own range of instinctual triggers.
Wool festival gives farmers an outlet to sell their goods
Particularly after the festival sales lost during the pandemic, the event is important as a source of income, the farmers said. And it is also a chance to educate and connect with their local community.
Klar: Bill Gates eyes ‘friendly’ mosquitos
In seeking the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, mankind has habitually crafted machinations with destructive impacts often unforeseen.
Klar: Killing cows to save the climate?
PETA and animal activists speculate about the mystery of the rights and consciousness of dolphins, cows, and coyotes. Rational beings would ask how killing in the name of being humane is humane.
After the floods, Vermont farmers worry about hay shortages
40% of farmers said the loss of crops meant for feed was the most significant damage incurred by the flooding, according to a post-flood survey.
Klar: Boycotting dairy products to benefit ‘male cows’ is pure bull
To be against cows is to be against self, and an understanding of the necessary human place in the world. Next thing you know, the similar uninformed arguments will be used to ban trapping or hunting.
Klar: The extinction of mid-size American farms hurts you
The nation’s agricultural backbone is cracked.
USDA designates Vermont a natural disaster area due flooding
This Secretarial disaster designation from USDA makes farm operators across Vermont eligible to be considered for Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans, provided eligibility requirements are met.
Ackermann Dairy honored as Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year
If there is one word that can be used to describe Jimmy and Sara Ackermann, it’s resilient.
Klar: Cow and horse flatulence, compared
Why don’t climate alarmists target the burps and flatulence of dressage horses? Or distinguish between carbon-light grassfed cows and their more carbon-intensive grain-fed sisters?
Flood farm damage $12 million and rising
So far, only 205 respondents have completed the survey, which will remain open until Aug. 28.
Emaciated Dolly Parton needs your help
Dolly weighed in at 650 lbs. – about 200 lbs. underweight.
Crop losses “catastrophic,” Ag Secretary says
“it is clear the losses will be catastrophic,” Tebbetts said. “Excessive flooding and silt has destroyed a large share of our produce” and animal feed.
Klar: Conservative Conservationists? Why the Right must focus on the environment
Supporting small farms and supporting cows – that is a winning environmental triumph which conservatives must make their own.
John Klar book #1 on Amazon book sale list
One of Vermont’s progressive media hall monitors told a reader to ‘get back to me when Klar’s at the top of any list.’
New England food advocates call for extra helping of regional self-reliance
Vermont has fewer people and more farmland than our New England neighbors to the south.
Tebbetts: What happened when the frost hit
The hard freeze means significant losses for growers and those who make their living off fruits and vegetables. The extent of the damage may not be known for months but indications are discouraging.
Worst frost damage in 25 years leaves growers unsure they can remain in business
The State of Vermont is asking the federal government for help to keep Vermont growers afloat following May’s horrific late frost.
Klar’s ‘Small Farm Republic’ takes on globalist farming
Starvation is a very real possibility in America, as food prices skyrocket faster than underlying inflation, more food is imported, and food is shipped from increasingly large distances in a fragile infrastructure.
Bill in Congress would boost maple syrup research, marketing
The legislation, would increase authorized funding earmarked for the Maple Research and Market Promotion program to $30 million.
Vermont towns ignore State on stormwater fees
The debate was sparked during discussions of S.115, a miscellaneous agriculture bill that began in the Senate before moving to the House.
Klar: Let them eat bugs!
The World Economic Forum is now the self-designated world-saver — not only from climate change, but also from global starvation.
Organic farms closing – industry seeks $9 mil from state
Eleven organic dairy farms in Vermont closed in 2021. The next year, 18 more followed. And this year the industry expects to lose another 28 farms.
Inflation, Ukraine partly to blame for dozens of dairy farms closing this year
Dozens of Vermont dairy farms have closed in 2022.
Avian flu circulates throughout Vermont
Wild birds across Vermont have contracted avian flu.
50-bird flock in Lamoille County dead after avian flu outbreak
A small non-commercial flock of domesticated birds suffered an avian flu outbreak this past weekend.
The cream rises to the top
A teen from tiny Lunenberg in the Northeast Kingdom is making her mark in international dairy showmanship.
Tebbetts: Giving Thanks This Season
Vermont would not be the state we love without our farmers.
Farmer loses government contract for speaking out against transgender ed in public schools
“There are consequences to voicing views and supporting policies that harm the most vulnerable and historically oppressed in our society – transgender, queer, people of color, indigenous people, and undocumented foreign workers,” Fireovid was advised.
$500K to help Abenaki, New American, refugee food producers
A federal grant will help state officials and not-for-profits expand the purchase and distribution of goat meat to the refugee and New American communities.
Vermont Ag Hall of Fame announces 2022 inductees
Farmers young and old have been named to the Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame. They’re being celebrated today at the Champlain Valley Fair.
Ag agency wants farmers to record surface water use
A new state law requires farmers to report annual surface water withdrawals to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets.
As drought-plagued western farmers plow under crops and sell livestock, Vermont “abnormally dry”
The severe drought out west is severely reducing food production. And 18% of Vermont is in ‘moderate drought,’ with most of the rest ‘abnormally dry.’
Cannabis entrepreneurs launch cannabis farm tours
The cannabis tour bus – an old school bus – will meet customers at local bars and then bring them to nearby cannabis farms. Legal retail sales in shops begin as soon as October 1.
Shoreham dairy farmer went from 40 cows to 950 milkers
“I never saw myself milking this many cows, but with the boys and the way things are, it’s a good thing we are,” Loren Wood said.
2022 record year for Vermont maple syrup
2022 Vermont maple syrup production totaled a record high 2.55 million gallons, most ever and (as usual) first in the nation.
Avian flu reaches Vermont, VT Dept. of Health investigating
The Health Department is collaborating with state farm and wildlife experts to monitor and investigate reports of the highly-contagious strain of the avian flue that has reached Vermont wild birds and backyard poultry.
Prices soar as avian flu hits 1-in-10 egg-laying hens nationwide
Avian flu is driving up the cost of eggs nationwide. Vermont poultry production has yet to be hit with the disease.
Contagious bird flu strikes Vermont
Avian flu has claimed the life of a bald eagle in North Hero and sickened another in Shelburne.
Cyberattack stops Hood, Booth Brothers milk production
Amid concerns about avian flu and global hunger, a cyberattack shut down Hood and Booth Brothers milk processing plants this month. They’re back on line – mostly.
Wholesale milk price tops $20
The current high cost of milk – a result of low production – is a tough on consumers but a blessing to Vermont dairy farmers, who had the third-highest production costs in the U.S. in 2020.
‘Sustainable logging’ in Braintree
The localvore ethic is being practiced in the forestry industry by a former environmental studies teacher.
Feed Maine seaweed to Vermont cows?
UVM is researching a way to feed Maine seaweed to Vermont cows.
Leahy directs $23 mil to VT farm, rural projects
Sen. Patrick Leahy delivers $23 million in earmarked federal spending for VT farm and rural projects.
Wet July means powdery mildew in garden
The region’s wetter-than-usual July is seeing an increase in powdery mildew while home gardeners and landscapers around the state are seeking a remedy to save plants.
Gates farm in Franklin wins blue ribbon for best milk
The Vermont Dairy Industry Association (VDIA) recently presented 2020 Vermont Milk Quality Awards to three Vermont dairy farms.
Tayt Brooks named ACCD deputy secretary
Tayt Brooks is a loyal Vermonter. The only time he ever left Vermont was to attend St. Lawrence University in 1997 to get a history degree. Twenty years ago, he said he never would’ve thought that he was going to be the deputy secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD), a role he recently accepted.
Sierra Club asks Biden EPA to cut dairy farm methane emissions
The Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club is standing with the national Sierra Club petition to the Biden administration to regulate dairy farms of 500 or more cows under the Clean Air Act, due to air pollution and climate concerns. If approved, the regulations would affect about 30 Vermont farms.
Senate bill would give farmers higher price for milk
A Senate bill would add five cents to the wholesale cost of every dairy product retail container and return the money to farmers in the form of higher milk prices.
“Vermont Economic Solutions Act” would see VT grow most of its own food
A new House bill would create a 21-member council would make a plan for Vermont to grow the majority of its food within five years.
Ag agency wants your mailed Chinese seeds
Prevention, not lab analysis is State of Vermont strategy: “we don’t have that capacity now” By Guy Page August 5, 2020 – The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (AF&M) has […]
