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This innovation led to higher quality milk and dairy products. [30] By 1915, Wisconsin became the leading state for dairy production, a lead it would maintain until 1993. [23] In 1895, the Wisconsin legislature prohibited the sale of yellow margarine, fearing that it would disrupt the state's dairy industry. [31]
(The Center Square) – Clean water and fewer regulations top the wish list for Wisconsin dairymen as lawmakers get back to work as the Dairy Business Association released its priorities list for ...
In 2008, Alto Dairy Cooperative was sold to Saputo Inc., a Canadian cheese company.Alto Dairy still operates under its original name as a subsidiary.This sale was approved by 98% of the farmers who are active in the cooperative, allowing Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. to purchase the dairy cooperative for $160 million.
The Rise of the Dairy Industry In Wisconsin: a Study In Agricultural Change, 1820-1920 (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963). Larson, Olaf F. When Horses Pulled the Plow: Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 1910–1929 (2011) Lodermeier, Jackson, and James Petrick. "The Progressive Landscape of Organic Dairy Farming in Wisconsin." (2020). online
Wisconsin lost nearly 10% of farms, 30% of dairies since 2017. Wisconsin had 58,521 farms in 2022, census data show, representing a nearly 10% loss since 2017. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale ...
The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
A rotary milking parlor at a modern dairy facility in Germany Dairy farm near Bangor, Wisconsin. Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for the eventual sale of a dairy product.
Foremost Farms USA, a cooperative of over 2,000 dairy farmers in several mid-western states, sold its Wisconsin milk processing plants to Dean Foods in 2009. [44] In January 2010, the US Department of Justice and the state attorneys general's office of Wisconsin and Michigan, filed a lawsuit objecting to the purchase and alleged that it created ...