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A farm in Marquette County. Agriculture is a significant sector in Wisconsin's economy, producing nearly $104 billion in revenue annually. [1] The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's state quarter design. [2]
The first farms in Wisconsin exclusively produced wheat. At their peak, Wisconsin farms produced 27 million US bushels (950,000 m 3 ) of wheat. [ 22 ] Rapidly, in the 1860s, the wheat farms began suffering mass soil depletion and insect infestations, lowering the quality and yield of the crop. [ 4 ]
Hard red winter wheat (HRW) 40%: High plains, extending from Texas through the largest producing state, Kansas, and continuing all the way north to the Dakotas and Montana. [18] [19] Used mainly in flour production Hard red spring wheat (HRS) (also has a sub-classification of Dark Northern Spring Wheat [16]) of high protein value: 20%
1383 and 1405 Thelen Farm Trail: St. Joseph: Farmstead which spans from wheat-farming era to dairy, including Italianate farmhouse built in 1885, [65] 1873 stone smokehouse, [66] 1873 granary, [67] and 1917 barn and silo. [68] 36
As the soil lost its quality and prices dropped, the practice of wheat farming moved west into Iowa and Minnesota. Some Wisconsin farmers responded by experimenting with crop rotation and other methods to restore the soil's fertility, but a larger number turned to alternatives to wheat. [55] 1865 map Wisconsin prepared by Increase Lapham
Abandoned farm on an isolated ravine, begun in 1854 by English immigrants Abraham and Susan Motley. Remaining are 1.5 story limestone farmhouse probably begun around 1860, bank barn, and other structures. The Motleys raised milk cows, pigs, wheat, corn and potatoes. The farm stayed in their family until 1972. [17] [18] [19] 8: Pecatonica ...
Wheat farming dominated the local economy until 1880, when dairy farming became more popular in Richfield and the state at large. [7] [12] The La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad was constructed through the community in 1855, [12] and while it initially led to local economic growth, the company failed in 1861. Many local landowners had taken out ...
The economy was also based on agriculture: dairying; farming (production of wheat and tobacco); and stock raising. By the turn of the twentieth century Evansville had over 1900 residents, and by the 1920s, most of the buildings in Evansville's future Historic District were completed.