Evan Fischer pours fresh milk into a portable tank to be mixed with water and fed to the calves at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton on Thursday as a cost-cutting measure to help off-set operating costs as milk prices continue to be down.

Dairy cows eat grain before the midday milking at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton on Thursday.

Teo Emilio sends cows in to the parlor for the afternoon milking at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton on Thursday.

John Stoughton, co-owner of Misty Meadow Farm, stands among several hundred of his dairy cows at Misty Meadow Farm in Clinton on Thursday. Lower milk prices mean more production on the farm, one of five dairy farms in Clinton.