Experts: Dairy’s future in Vermont sweeter than maple’s

Dairy cows munch hay at Fairmont Farms in East Montpelier. Photo by John Herrick/VTDiggerProjected changes in Vermont’s climate over the next 50 years look grim for the maple industry but rosy for dairy, according to experts who presented at a community lecture in Craftsbury Wednesday.
Travis Reynolds, an environmental studies professor at Colby College and family producer of maple syrup in Stannard, said Vermont’s maple industry is “facing a catastrophe.”
“I think