Wisconsin may be America’s Dairyland, but the number of beef farms here is growing even as the number of dairy farms is declining. The state has about twice as many beef farms than dairy farms. Wisconsin Beef Council spokesperson Kaitlyn Kesler says unlike small dairy farms, small beef farms are proliferating in Wisconsin. Many of the state’s smaller dairy farms have been drying up, with the remaining ones getting larger. This is May Beef Month. The state also has more than 500 meat processors directly employing more than 43,000 people.
