Greg Galbraith
For Agri-View
Chippewa County in Wisconsin is home to 90,000 acres of corn, 55,000 acres of soybeans, and 20,000 acres of alfalfa and other mixed hay. Most of that hay feeds the county’s 250 dairy farms that house 30,000 cows.
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