The dairy industry plays an important role in Wisconsin’s culture and economy. The industry contributes $45.6 billion to the state’s economy each year. And between on-farm and dairy processing, it employs more than 157,000 people. That’s according to 2017 data – the most current information available – reported by Steven Deller, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in Madison.
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Chelsea Wunnicke is a college-investment-program finance officer at the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.





