MONTPELIER, Vt. — The state of Vermont has won a grant to create one of three regional dairy business innovation centers across the country, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy said Wednesday.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will get just over $454,000 in USDA funding for fiscal year 2019 to provide technical and financial assistance to help dairy producers diversify their products and adapt to emerging market trends, Leahy’s office said. The goal of the three-year initiative is to make dairy farms more viable.
“In recent years, Vermont has been significantly impacted by the downturn in the dairy economy, but our farmers demonstrate daily the opportunities for innovation and diversification,” Leahy, a Democrat, said in a written statement.
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