7 Nov 2024
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Big cheese: Milk production slows causing dairy prices to rise in 2022

Big cheese

The continuing downward spiral of how much milk America’s dairy cows are producing is pushing up the price of common goods like cheese, butter and cream. Thanks to lower dairy production and ongoing inflation, putting creamer in your coffee and butter on your toast is going to cost you more cheddar.

Artisanal cheese goes farm to table

Artisanal cheese goes farm to table

The chores never end for a farmer. Even a pregnant farmer has to milk the cows every day. So Trisha Boyce and her husband Jarred put on their boots and get to it at Chapel’s Country Creamery. It is a 45-acre farm and is one of four dairy farms left in Talbot County.

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