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Vermont dairies scramble to find feed after Tropical Storm Irene

By Associated Press

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  January 11, 2012

Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene swept away some bales of hay Doug Turner grew to feed his dairy cows and ripped open others, contaminating them with muddy water. In most years, Turner grows all the hay and corn his 45 cows need, but like a number of Vermont farmers, he’s struggling to find feed this winter after the August storm damaged a third of his crops. The timing of the destruction couldn’t be worse. Feed prices have risen amid a hay shortage caused by drought in the Southwest.

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