On the dairy side: According to Ziemba, it costs him and farmers like him $20 to produce 100 pounds of milk, but the market price for that 100 pounds is just over $10. By milking 175 cows, seven days per week, Ziemba produces 10,000 pounds … [Read more...]
Rural Massachusetts – What are we? Chopped liver?
Candidates Get Rural Issues BookThis week, each of the Democratic candidates for governor, lt. governor and secretary of state in the September primary were mailed a copy of the 2006 Massachusetts Rural Issues Briefing Book. Compiled by the … [Read more...]