Agriculture and Farming

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Contents 1 Where do Progressives Stand? 2 Hot Topics 3 In the News 4 Facts and Statistics 5 Sources

[edit] Where do Progressives Stand?

[edit] Hot Topics

[edit] In the News

Few reforms find home in farm bill, JS Online, 4.27.08

[edit] Facts and Statistics

• According to a 2004 report by the UW-Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, agriculture, and in particular agricultural processing, contributes 420,000 jobs to the Wisconsin economy, or 12.2 percent of all jobs, and $16.8 billion of total income, or about 10 percent of all income in Wisconsin.
• In 2004, Wisconsin accounted for about 45 percent of all butter and 30 percent of all cheese production in the U.S. The vast majority of milk produced on Wisconsin dairy farms is used in butter, cheese and other value added dairy products.

[edit] Sources

UW-Extension: Economic Impact of Agriculture in Wisconsin

U.S. Department of Agriculture: National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection

Office of Senator Russ Feingold, Issues: Agriculture