Dairy-Farmer Fortunes Improving Says, Fourth-Generation Producer

ARLINGTON, VA – Higher milk prices and effective federal policies are dramatically turning around dairy-farmer fortunes and presenting opportunities to build on positive lessons learned. That’s the assessment of James “Cricket” Jacquier, chairman of the board for Agri-Mark, and a fourth-generation dairy producer from Connecticut. For all the disruption the crisis has brought, and for all the questions that have yet to be answered, dairy’s response to it has shown strength in the industry. Responding to a crisis “really brings the families together, it brings your employees together, it brings the cooperatives together,” he says. Now, Jacquier explains, “we’ve got to step it up, and we’ve got to be out there just telling the consumers what we do and have them have a better understanding of where their food comes from.”
(SOURCE: National Milk Producers Federation)