Forty years ago there were 40 dairy farms in the small town of Rochester, Vt. Now there's just one.
"We are the last one left in our valley. We want to stay there," said Beth Kennett, who milks 100 cows with her husband and two sons. Newly introduced legislation aimed at stabilizing milk prices is giving them hope that they will survive, she said Monday.
"Our sons on Friday made that commitment to refinance our farm to keep farming there in Rochester. And we could base that on this hope for change that this legislation is proposing," she said.
The bill, introduced by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on June 24, would set the amount of milk to be produced quarterly and penalize farmers who produce too much.
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