Making ends meet is even tougher this year for the 17 Berkshire family farms that supply Massachusetts with milk. Labor is in short supply and inflation is skyrocketing. “With the price of all three inputs up — feed, fuel and fertilizer — it’s a constant financial struggle. There’s no footing,” says Wally Chenail of Chenail Brothers Dairy in Williamstown, which has been in operation since 1913.
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