‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections

Migrant labor fuels much of Vermont’s dairy industry, but workers are exempt from minimum wage rules, overtime protections and the right to unionize…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/vermont-dairy-industry-migrant-labor-workers-rights

 

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

The viral fragments were detected using quantitative polymerase chain reaction testing, which is known for its exceptional sensitivity in detecting even trace amounts of viral genetic material. These fragments are only evidence that the virus was present in the milk. They aren't evidence that the virus is biologically active...

https://theconversation.com/how-bird-flu-virus-fragments-get-into-milk-sold-in-stores-and-what-the-spread-of-h5n1-in-cows-means-for-the-dairy-industry-and-milk-drinkers-228689

Borden Dairy becomes second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in recent months - CNN

Borden Dairy Co., one of America's oldest and largest dairy companies, on Monday became the second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in the last two months. Tumbling milk consumption combined with the rising price of milk have crippled the dairy industry with debt. Dean Foods, America's largest milk producer, filed for bankruptcy November 12. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/business/borden-dairy-bankruptcy/index.html

In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms - The Washington Post

Farmers struggle to feed their families amid bad markets and the trade war....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-trump-country-a-season-of-need-on-family-farms/2019/12/26/fcb71262-2377-11ea-86f3-3b5019d451db_story.html

Wisconsin dairy farmers barely hanging on as crisis deepens with no end in sight - USA TODAY

More dairy farms are expected to go out of business this year than in any other year since at least 2003. .....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/11/26/dairy-farms-wisconsin-barely-hanging-crisis-deepens/2112841002/

"We Wouldn't Need the Suicide Hotline If Dairy Farmers Were Getting Paid What They Deserve" - Mother Jones

Brenda Cochran was a self-described "city girl" before she married her husband in 1973. He was a dairy farmer, so she joined him on a small farm in Pennsylvania. They've been working together since 1975. Cochran says that if she'd known how difficult dairy farming would be today, she never would have done it. "....
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/05/we-wouldnt-need-the-suicide-hotline-if-dairy-farmers-were-getting-paid-what-they-deserve/

Dairy industry warns ICE raids on farms could skyrocket milk to $8 a gallon

In reminder of just how much the nation’s economic engine depends on immigrants, the dairy industry is warning consumers that Donald Trump’s mass deportation dragnet could cause the price of milk to soar to $8 a gallon:...
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1654432