The rains are long gone and the flood waters have subsided but Tropical Storm Irene’s impact in the dairy aisle has just begun.

“It wiped out our farm, our business, it wiped out our home,” said dairy farmer Denise Lloyd, who operates Maple Downs Farm in Middleburgh, N.Y., with her husband David and their two sons. “My car was totaled, trucks were totaled, everywhere you look it affected every part of our lives.”

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