![]() ![]() Make the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) more robust to help farmers adopt climate mitigation practices.Including the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center in the next Farm Bill so it can continue to serve the region.Supporting more processing capacity for 8-ounce containers of milk to serve institutions like schools.Adjusting federal disaster relief programs from county-by-county to acknowledging how microclimates impact farmers.Other suggestions from other roundtable participants Wednesday included: ![]() "And instead of saying it's just farm issues, it's making sure that… this country is producing enough food to feed itself.” "We focus on on the farming aspect, but I think we really, it's food and nutrition for the country," Clifford said. We produce 27 million pounds of milk a year."Īs Congress approaches the 2023 Farm Bill, Starksboro dairy farmer Jane Clifford said it's important to remind people that helping farmers is synonymous with helping feed the country. "That margin isn't even available at any cost above the 5 million pounds. "You're entitled to up to 5 million pounds of milk to be insured at the $9.50 cent margin," Rowell said to Welch. Peter Welch listened to a roundtable of dairy farmers and stakeholders in St. Congress will take up a new farm bill in 2023, and Sheldon-based Green Mountain Dairy Farm's Bill Rowell is hoping the DMC will get some updates, like increasing the milk volume cap on coverage. The current DMC program is authorized through the 2018 Farm Bill. In exchange for farmers paying premiums, the federal program sends checks when the gap between milk pay-price and feed price falls below a certain level. He also asked that a safety net program be created specifically for organic dairy farmers, one like the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program that's intended for conventional dairy farms. More from Vermont Public: Northeast organic dairy farmers are in crisis. "Because here in Vermont, we're looking at probably losing another 25 to 30 farms between now and spring, if we don't something soon." “And that needs to be, you know, really, really in the forefront," Thresher said. Department of Agriculture to provide emergency relief. He noted a recent spending bill passed by Congress included language urging the U.S. So we're losing them as fast as we can talk about that right now," Thresher said. "One left last week, one's in the process of leaving this week, as we speak. As organic dairy farmers face skyrocketing fuel, feed and fertilizer costs, he told Welch that if organic dairy farmers don't get help soon, dozens could disappear over the next few months.Īccording to the latest state data, there are 153 organic dairy farms left in Vermont. Peter Welch listened to how Congress might support Vermont's dairy industry.Īmong the farmers and stakeholders sitting at the table was Michael Thresher, who sits on the board of NOFA-Vermont. Volume 1972 Lockmaster’s Diary.Around a long table - and over bottles of milk and maple cookies - at the Dairy Farmers of America cooperative in St. Library and Archives Canada, RG43-C-I-2-n. (as seen above) which was his short form for Catherine Drunk Had A Quarrel. Sweeney records many Durham boats passing through Jones Falls full of immigrants. Upper and Lower Locks at Jones Falls viewed from the south-west of them. Sweeney’s house can be seen to the left of the Upper Locks and some homes of the small community there. Smith Falls, Ontario: Friends of the Rideau, 2008. Watson and including an article “The Life and Times of Peter Sweeney” and “Who’s Who in the Diary,” both written by Sue Warren. His diaries are transcribed in: The Sweeney Diary: The 1839 to 1850 Journal of Rideau Lockmaster Peter Sweeney.Įdited by Ken W. Parties, and horses yet is an uneasy, angry man, prone to quarrels with his wife, canal workers, and neighbours.Ĭatherine and he have a tumultuous mixed marriage, made worse by their serious alcohol problem, frequent accidents, and bouts of malaria in the summer. Of steamboats, barges, Durham boats and other vessels through the passage. Tons of cargo, militia, and leading elite are travelling the Ottawa/Kingston route. Peter is the lockmaster at Jones Falls during the heyday of the Rideau Canal when thousands of immigrants,
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