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    Sanders also participated in the hearing. "Vermont dairy farmers are hurting and there may be anti-competitive forces that have contributed to this crisis" Leahy said when the hearing was announced. Full Article at Burlington Free Press
    Vermont dairy farmers are hurting and there may be anti-competitive forces that have contributed to this crisis
    Patrick Leahy – Patrick Leahy SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
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Dairy industry antitrust issues not new
  1. They are bringing an antitrust lawyer and that speaks volumes
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  2. As they fall, the lands and rural cultures these families have brought together over generations ... which are the soul of Vermont's rural heritage will be disassembled
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  3. As the Vermont farmer struggles to survive in this monopolistic world, some will seek efficiencies and market share via consolidation and corporate farming while many others will fall by the wayside.
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  4. I grew up in a dairy valley as a kid. I love these people. The culture that is wrapped around dairy farming is falling by the wayside in Vermont
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  5. If we don't seek a different course, the road we now head down inevitably leads to huge corporate farms, supplying huge corporate dairy processors, supplying huge corporate food retailers
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  6. Something is out of balance here
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago
  7. If you have an entity that controls that much of the marketplace, you need to break them up.
    SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 months ago

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