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2014 Food for America
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Wisconsin Agriculture Facts
• We are ranked number 1 in:– Snap Beans– Cranberries– Carrots– Corn for Silage – Dairy Goats with 46,000 head– Cheese production
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Wisconsin Agriculture Facts
• Ranked number 2 in:– Milk for drinking– Cheese:
• Italian• Mozzarella
– Baitfish for anyone that fishes– Milk cows: 1.27 million animals– Carrots– Green peas
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Wisconsin Agriculture Facts
• Dairy accounts for nearly 40% of all Wisconsin agriculture jobs, employing 146,200 people in the state.
• In 2013, there were 76,800 farms in Wisconsin
• The average farm size in Wisconsin is 195 acres.
• Over 99% of Wisconsin’s farms are family-owned.
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Other Facts
• Each year, Wisconsin growers harvest more than 1.8 million Christmas trees
• Bacon, ham and pork chops come from Wisconsin’s 320,000 pigs.
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Butter Making • Materials – Jar– Heavy Whipping
Cream – Salt – CrackersShake the jar for 8-10
min.
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Farm Tour Visit Video
• http://www.wmmb.com/producers/farm_tour.aspx
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Cheese
• Which companies in Plymouth produce cheese and manufacture it into many different goods?– Sartori, Sargento, Masters Gallery, DFA,
and Great Lakes, Bakers, Cedar Valley, Gibsville
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Meat
• Different meat processing plants in the area:– Quality Cuts, Kewaskum, Newton Meats
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Farm Visit May 16th
• Hickory Lawn Dairy – About 200 cow dairy –Many different animals there that you
will to learn about!• What animals do you think you will see
there?