WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin's secretary of agriculture says he's confident the Dairy State will keep that name in the future thanks to advances in education.
Secretary Ben Brancel is a dairy farmer himself, and says new programs like the Agriculture Center of Excellence in Wausau are a tipping point for the area. “We're already seeing more young famers come into the industry thanks to programs here in Wausau and around the state.”
Brancel says that while the average age of dairy farmers in the state is still climbing, it's the younger generations that are taking over family farms. The Farm Service Agency has been handing out more new dairy farm loans across the Badger State than anywhere else in the country.
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