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Story summary
- Dairy Farmers of America will idle its St. Albans, Vermont plant in August, ending production and laying off 80 workers.
- Tom Bellavance said flat Vermont milk output and rising national demand for milk-based protein make the aging St. Albans facility uneconomical.
- Vermont producers warn that shipping milk to DFA plants and the $30 million upgrade will raise costs, prompting Senators Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders to introduce legislation to aid farms.
