2014 Food for America

Wisconsin Agriculture Facts

• We are ranked number 1 in:– Snap Beans– Cranberries– Carrots– Corn for Silage – Dairy Goats with 46,000 head– Cheese production

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

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.

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.

Butter Making • Materials – Jar– Heavy Whipping

Cream – Salt – CrackersShake the jar for 8-10

min.

Farm Tour Visit Video

• http://www.wmmb.com/producers/farm_tour.aspx

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

Meat

• Different meat processing plants in the area:– Quality Cuts, Kewaskum, Newton Meats

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?