Clark County Continues to Hold Top Spot in State Dairy Herds
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 -- 11:19 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The state's agriculture department has announced its latest dairy herd count numbers, which indicates there were 10,334 herds milking during the first week of May. That's a drop of 581 since the same month a year ago.Clark County continues to hold the highest number of herds in the state with 882.
Forest County ranks last in the state with no herds, with Grant County only registering one.
But the state's remaining dairy operations are still milking over 1.27 million head.
DATCP records show that 87 percent of state dairy operations are Grade A certified, with 13 percent licensed as Grade B.
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