Farmers in handcuffs

And it has nothing to do with Mexican immigrants working illegally on the farm.

You may have heard my interview with Extension agent Molly Ames about how farmers are navigating dangerously low milk prices. It costs more to make the milk than it’s worth. But Molly said farmers she knows in Jefferson County are hanging on because the value of land and cows are too low to sell out.

The situation is so bad, ugly things are bound to happen. Molly passed on this story of a Vermont farmer who was arrested (!) for bouncing checks when he couldn’t pay a debt to the feed dealer.

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