Wisconsin's Ag Product Exports Continue to Grow at Double Digit Pace
Friday, May 30th, 2014 -- 11:26 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Wisconsin's agricultural product exports continue to grow at a double digit pace.The state's agriculture department announced on Thursday that export values were up 25 percent for the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same time a year earlier. State Agriculture Secretary Ben Brancel says dairy products, including dairy derivatives, jumped 63 percent compared to the first three months of 2013 with a combined value of $140 million.
Another product showing strong export growth in the first quarter of 2014 was bovine genetics. These exports were valued at $19 million, an 81 percent increase over the same time period in 2013. That now ranks Wisconsin number one among states in the export of bovine genetics.
Wisconsin also ranks first in the export of ginseng, sweet corn and mink fur skins for the first three months of the year and comes in second for the export of cheese, whey and cranberries.
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