It’s a common farm odor, but for Connecticut’s largest dairy operator, cow manure is the smell of money. In the complicated business of energy markets, manure produced from a herd of 3,000 cows at ...
Dave Buck of Guardians Farm in Southbury admits that being a dairy farmer is not easy, as high operating costs and inflation make turning a profit more difficult, but he said dairy farming is a labor ...
In 1975, Connecticut had 817 dairy farms, but by 2018, the number had fallen to just 100, according to data. In 2021, the USDA counted 85 dairy farms, down from just a few years prior. Production has ...