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Article: Mooove over, Wisconsin California, No. 1 milk producer, now tops in dairy cows, too
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 17, 1998
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California now has more dairy cows than Wisconsin.
For the first time ever, California farmers in May surpassed
Wisconsin in the number of dairy cows, government figures released
Tuesday show.
The new figures are the latest and most obvious sign of
Wisconsin's slide in dairying dominance.
California in August 1993 surpassed Wisconsin in total milk
production and has remained the top-producing state ever since.
Now, it's No. 1 in the number of cows.
Wisconsin's dairy herd totaled 1.368 million in May, according to
the Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service. That's 2,000 cows
fewer than California.
By comparison, Wisconsin dairy farmers in 1985 owned nearly 1.9
million cows, while ...