Vermont Dairy Co-Op Votes to Merge With National Giant

July 30, 2019 Associated Press

The more than 300-member St. Albans Cooperative Creamery with farms in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire will merge Aug. 1 with Dairy Farmers of America, which has 8,100 farms across the country and is based in Kansas City.

Lawmakers Hear Pros and Cons of Proposed Dairy Co-Op Merger

People wary of the proposal that would merge Vermont’s 100-year-old St. Albans Cooperative Creamery with the Kansas-based Dairy Farmers of America say farmers are being asked to cast their ballots without all the information about what the merger would mean for them.