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20 19 was tough on the dairy state.

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New numbers show Wisconsin lost more than 10 percent of its licensed

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dairy farms, according to NASS, a total of eight

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hundred eighteen farms shuttered in 2019, putting

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the state total to start the year at seven thousand two hundred

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ninety two. More than two thousand dairy farms have closed

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or sold out in the last three years in that state.

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Despite the falling numbers of farms, the state's dairy herd

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has held nearly steady, with milk production down only about one