Dairy Herd Numbers Down in Wisconsin, Clark County Still the Highest
Thursday, May 10th, 2018 -- 10:08 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's agriculture department has announced its latest dairy herd count numbers, which indicates there were 8,595 herds milking in Wisconsin during the first week of May.That's a drop of 572 since the same time a year ago. Clark County continues to hold the highest number of herds in the state with 808, followed by Marathon County with 519. Forest, Florence and Milwaukee Counties each registered just one herd as of May 1. Despite having less herds, the state's remaining dairy operations are still milking over 1.28 million head and producing a record amount of milk.
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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