Over 9,700 Milking Herds in Wisconsin, Clark County Still Number One
Saturday, December 19th, 2015 -- 11:22 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's agriculture department has announced its latest dairy herd count numbers, which indicates there were 9,711 herds milking during the first week of December.That's a drop of 395 since the same month a year ago. 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 Milwaukee County only registering two.
Despite having less herds, the state's remaining dairy operations are still milking over 1.28 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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