The latest Census of Agriculture by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed that Wisconsin has dropped by more than 20% in the past five years at a pace of six to eight per week since last year. After having almost 500 dairy farms go out of business America’s Dairyland now has dropped below 9,000 farms. Despite the losses in farms, Wisconsin still produced a record 30 billion lb. of milk in 2016.
Wisconsin has the nations second largest dairy cow herd at 1,278,000 cows, behind California, who has the largest cow herd. according to the, USDA’s latest monthly milk production report.
