June is Dairy Month, a time when we may attend a breakfast on a farm or some other event to celebrate this important industry. Even though the number of Wisconsin dairy farms has decreased dramatically, dairy is still a major industry for the state. According to a recent publication “Wisconsin Farming: Insights from the 2022 Census of Agriculture” by Jeff Hadacheck and Steven Deller, total revenue from milking cows was $7.35 billion – accounting for 44.0 percent of total farm revenues. That revenue came from 5,676 farms with milk cows, or 5.1 percent of all farms.
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Chris Hardie
Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, raise animals and crops on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he’s a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past-president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Email chardie1963@gmail.com with comments.
