The Grafton Village Cheese Co. is showing its support of local dairy farmers by paying them a special premium to help with the record low milk prices they are experiencing. Grafton Village Cheese will pay farmers an additional premium based on the butterfat, protein and somatic cell content of the milk, according to a press release announcing the new policy. … Read More
Agri-Mark to go rbST-free
Speaking of Agri-Mark, the cooperative announced a few weeks ago that they are asking their dairymen to go rbST-free by August 2009. For all intents and purposes, the New England dairy industry will be “rbST-free” by the end of summer 2009. Facing the threat of losing markets for its highly successful Cabot brand of cheeses, cooperative owner Agri-Mark has told … Read More
Blogging at Cabot Cheese
The folks over at Cabot Cheese have a great blog you should check out. As expected, they are blogging all about cheese, but the dairy farmers that make up the cooperative are also featured. Say Cheese!
Agri-Mark to Assist Amish Dairy Producers
The Heritage Cheese House, started in 1994 under Amish ownership as a place for the local community to sell its milk, closed its doors this week, causing more than 65 Amish dairy farmers to loose their market for milk. Now Agri-Mark cooperative which also owns Cabot and McCadam Cheese, is helping to build temporary storage and cooling stations, called community … Read More