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In New Zealand, the average dairy herd size on the South Island is 611 (414 nationally). In Wisconsin, it's 150. Looks like there's a lot of room for consolid
by jpollock 6y ago
In New Zealand, the average dairy herd size on the South Island is 611 (414 nationally).
In Wisconsin, it's 150.
Looks like there's a lot of room for consolidation in Wisconsin.
https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/dairy-crisis/2019/12/06/industrial-dairy-impacts-wisconsin-environment-family-farms/4318671002/ https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/dairy...
http://www.siddc.org.nz/about-siddc/south-island-dairying/ http://www.siddc.org.nz/about-siddc/south-island-dairying/
- u678u 6y agolots of farms in the US have 1000+ cows. > According to the USDA's 2017 Census of Agriculture report, which is published every five years, most US milk cows (55%) reside on farms that milk over 1,000 cows. This is in contrast to twenty years earlier https://research.rabobank.com/far/en/sectors/dairy/Changing-Landscape-US-Dairy.html https://research.rabobank.com/far/en/sectors/dairy/Changing-...
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