AAE 320 Farming Systems Management

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AAE 320Farming Systems Management

• Dr. Paul D. Mitchell
• 411 Taylor Hall
• 265-6514
• pdmitchell_at_wisc.edu

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Wisconsin Agriculture

• Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics 2008
• On class webpage www.aae.wisc.edu/aae320/main.ht
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• In Wisconsin, in 2007, there were
• 76,000 farms
• 15,200,000 acres in farms
• Average 200 acres/farm
• Generated 8.86 billion in cash receipts

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WI farms by Annual Sales 2007
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WI farms by Annual Sales 2007
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Whats Happening?

• The number of large farms is increasing
• The number of small and medium sized farms slowly
  decreasing
• The number of WI farmers making a living is
  small (10-25)
• Lots of farm households are doing something else
  to make additional money

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Cash Receipts
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Wisconsin A Major Dairy State (2007 data)
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Wisconsins Place in US Agriculture (2007)
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Wisconsins Place in US Agriculture (2007)
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Wisconsins Place in US Agriculture (2007)
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Wisconsins Place in US Agriculture (2007)
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Nationally important WI Agriculture

• Dairy is very important
• Milk cows and cattle
• Specialized livestock mink, trout, honey
• Field crops silage, corn, oats
• Vegetables processing vegetables (sweet corn,
  snap beans, green peas, carrots), potatoes
• Fruits cranberries, cherries, mint
• Main Point Wisconsin Agriculture is very
  diversified

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Summary

• Most WI farmers are small farms that earn most of
  their income off the farm
• The number of WI farmers making a living is
  small (10 to 25)
• Dairy is the most important agricultural
  production in WI
• WI agriculture is quite diversified