Massachusetts Association of Dairy Farmers
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Dairy Farmers Hope to Cultivate Support

Published on July 6, 2017 in , ,

Dairy farmers across the commonwealth have seen the price of milk remain relatively stagnant while the price of production continues to rise. A tax credit has been distributed to dairy farmers across the state, but that law has not been updated since 2008.


Struggling Massachusetts Dairy Farmers Plead for Additional Tax Relief

By Andy Metzger State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 28, 2017—Massachusetts dairy farms are a bucolic reminder of the state’s more agricultural past and while technology and development […]


Ask the Joint Committee on Revenue to Support an Increase in the Dairy Tax Credit

Call or email members of the Joint Committee on Revenue today and ask them to support HB 2616.


Buying local at mini-mart supports local dairy farms

Massachusetts is more self-sufficient for milk and dairy than any other food product: about 20 percent of the milk consumed in Massachusetts is produced here and most of the milk consumed is produced in the Northeast.


Rockwood Farm plans to build a methane digestor

The town’s select board plans to power their municipal buildings with credits purchased from Rockwood Farm.


Got robots?

Dairy farmers use technology to eke out a living. Sixth-generation family farmers Dave and Steve Barstow have stretched the limits of what dairy farmers can do to stay afloat. They […]


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