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Published February 24, 2011, 08:51 AM

Dairy farmers produce state record 26 million pounds of milk

Wisconsin News
-- Wisconsin agriculture set two new records last year. Farmers produced just over 26-billion pounds of milk – the most ever, despite a slight decrease in the number of licensed dairy farms.

Wisconsin agriculture set two new records last year. Farmers produced just over 26-billion pounds of milk – the most ever, despite a slight decrease in the number of licensed dairy farms.

And Wisconsin’s agricultural exports totaled a record two-point-four-one billion dollars in 2010. That’s up a whopping 36-percent from the previous year.

Cereal grains were the biggest farm products to be exported, totaling almost $520-million. Dairy exports were next at over $213-million.

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