It was a tough year for dairy farmers in 2016 as many farms around Wisconsin were losing money.
A survey revealed Dec. 5 by the Wisconsin Farmers Union, which has its state headquarters in Chippewa Falls, displayed the answers of 1,050 farmers regarding profits, overproduction and policies and laws in place that are affecting their farms. Of those who answered, 63 percent reported having a negative profit margin from their milk costs.
Farmers who are producing conventional milk without any special milk certifications are receiving 97 cents less per hundredweight (100 pounds) of milk than what it costs to produce it. Farms that are non-organic but have some other form of milk certification were seeing an average profit margin 91 cents under the cost of production.
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