Clark County Still Number 1 in the State in Dairy Herds
Friday, August 22nd, 2014 -- 8:13 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's agriculture department has announced its latest dairy herd count numbers, which indicates there were 10,209 herds milking during the first week of August. That's a drop of 553 since the same month a year ago.According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, Clark County continues to hold the highest number of herds in the state with 877. Forest County ranks last in the state with just one herd, with Florence County only registering three.
But the state's remaining dairy operations are still milking over 1.27 million head.
DATCP records show that 87 percent of state dairy operations are Grade A certified, with 13 percent licensed as Grade B.
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