State Dairy Herd Numbers
Monday, January 16th, 2017 -- 8:02 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's agriculture department has announced its latest dairy herd count numbers, which indicates there were 9,304 herds milking in Wisconsin during the first week of January.That's a drop of 391 since the same month a year ago. Clark County continues to hold the highest number of herds in the state with 851, which was actually up by four since October 2016, followed by Marathon County with 554. Forest County ranks last in the state with just one herd, with Florence and Milwaukee Counties each registering only two.
Despite having less herds, the state's remaining dairy operations are still milking over 1.28 million head. DATCP records show that 88 percent of state dairy operations are Grade A certified, with 12 percent licensed as Grade B.
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