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 ...

Then, in November 2023, Navy veteran and agricultural business advisor for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center Murray Gates adopted the old dairy farm in Baltic and began rekindling its ...

The manure lagoon is a no-go for now. A crowd of Somers residents was pleased Tuesday night when zoning officials blocked Oakridge Dairy’s plan to truck tons of cow manure to a nearly 3-acre man-made ...