Another 47 dairy farms close in WI; 101 since July

Small dairies in Wisconsin remain under pressure, as trade negotiations with Canada approach a critical deadline later this month, reports the industry publication Dairy Herd:

Wisconsin has lost another 47 dairy farms in August, with the total number of licensed farms standing now at just 8,372. The loss of 47 farms is just slightly lower than the 54 farms lost in July. The state has lost 429 farms since the beginning of the year, a decrease of 4.9%, and 588 the past year, a decrease of 6.6%.

I'd noted these trends, here and also here:

Walker no friend to Wisconsin family farmers. Or their water

So here's the state of the Dairy State in one new headline:

More than 4% of Wisconsin Dairy Farms Call It Quits in 2018—So Far

Meaning that almost two WI dairy farms are closing every day this year - - 382 through July 31.

Echoing this late 2017 headline:

Western Wisconsin Had Most Farm Bankruptcies in the US

My take:

Gov. Walker helps expand the big CAFO dairy operations, embraces the Tariff King who's closing off export markets, and assigns no priority to stemming the leap in farm-country well-water and waterway contamination.

My take today: I wouldn't look yet - - or ever - - for the Trump campaign presence in Wisconsin which Walker and Vukmir have said they'd welcome.